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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.
9,653 approved · 547 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hesketh Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 10 Oct 2024Ribblesdale Garage Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JX
Received 11 Oct 2024The Dog House Unit 2 143 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 11 Oct 2024Gregson Lane Community Centre Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DP
Received 11 Oct 2024116 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 11 Oct 2024Holly House Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 11 Oct 2024The Dog House Unit 2 143 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 11 Oct 2024Yard North Of Drumacre Lane East Longton Lancashire
Received 12 Oct 2024148 Bent Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YD
Received 15 Oct 2024The Annexe Gatehouse Nursery Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AX
Received 15 Oct 20246 Sherdley Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JF
Received 15 Oct 2024134 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EH
Received 16 Oct 20242 Morley Croft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QS
Received 16 Oct 2024South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 17 Oct 2024Land Adj To 222 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 17 Oct 2024Land To The West Of Midge Hall Lane Adjacent Paintball Venue Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 17 Oct 2024Craigmore 21 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 17 Oct 2024Sallom House Farm Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 17 Oct 202416 Shaftesbury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AY
Received 18 Oct 2024188B Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire
Received 15 Oct 2024Luxury Cat Hotel The Paddocks Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 18 Oct 20243 Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 18 Oct 202416 Selkirk Drive Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TL
Received 18 Oct 2024211 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 21 Oct 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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