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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.
9,701 approved · 550 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Myrtle Cottage Skip Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HE
Received 25 Nov 2024Pear Tree Farm 247 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 26 Nov 202427 Danesway Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UQ
Received 26 Nov 202456 Coniston Drive Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RP
Received 28 Nov 202496 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 29 Nov 2024100 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 29 Nov 2024Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 29 Nov 2024Joyston 10 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 29 Nov 202414 Lowry Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5ND
Received 30 Nov 2024Ribblesdale Garage Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JX
Received 2 Dec 202438 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EB
Received 3 Dec 2024Oakleigh Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 4 Dec 2024Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 4 Dec 202429 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 5 Dec 2024The Gables Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 5 Dec 20244 Wentworth Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JU
Received 5 Dec 20249 Oak Leaf Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AX
Received 6 Dec 202444 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2ED
Received 6 Dec 2024Former Heatons Engineering Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TA
Received 6 Dec 20249 Stonefield Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HP
Received 9 Dec 202435 Rosebay Gardens Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4BS
Received 9 Dec 20242 Fairview Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 9 Dec 202415 Lilac Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PB
Received 10 Dec 2024195 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 10 Dec 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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