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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Ribble Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,624 approved · 545 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
STREET RECORD Royalty Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 5 Sept 2024Brook House Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RP
Received 5 Sept 202471 Hampshire Road Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NJ
Received 5 Sept 202436 West End Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JD
Received 26 Aug 2024Applebee Wood School Far Croft Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SS
Received 5 Sept 2024Opposite 52 Earnshaw Drive Bannister Drive Leyland Lancashire
Received 6 Sept 2024The Hollins Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 6 Sept 2024Land Off Newgate Lane Whitestake Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 6 Sept 20247 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 7 Sept 2024Seven Stars County School Peacock Hall Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TD
Received 9 Sept 2024Penwortham Golf Club Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AX
Received 10 Sept 2024Beech Lodge 9 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XB
Received 10 Sept 20244 Wellington Place Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TR
Received 11 Sept 2024164 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 11 Sept 2024348 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 11 Sept 2024British Paper Coils 6 Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UX
Received 11 Sept 20249 Crocus Field Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DY
Received 12 Sept 202444 Park Road Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YD
Received 12 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 13 Sept 2024Former Lostock Hall Primary School Avondale Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BQ
Received 13 Sept 202456 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 14 Sept 202410 Ferndown Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7GZ
Received 15 Sept 20241 Osbert Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BN
Received 16 Sept 202434 Headley Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2NN
Received 16 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Ribble Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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