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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.
9,751 approved · 553 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 St Cuthberts Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TL
Received 18 Feb 2025Land Adj To The Beeches Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 18 Feb 2025Walton Fox South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 18 Feb 2025Land At Butlers Farm Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LF
Received 19 Feb 202530 Aspels Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AN
Received 19 Feb 2025Oakleigh Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 19 Feb 2025172 Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SH
Received 19 Feb 202568 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SP
Received 20 Feb 2025Park Hill Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 4LH
Received 20 Feb 2025Natwest 2 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NP
Received 21 Feb 2025Lower Jannock Farm 42 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EB
Received 21 Feb 2025Prospect Hill Training Centre Old Brown Lane Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZA
Received 21 Feb 202535 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EB
Received 21 Feb 202535 Belgrave Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BH
Received 21 Feb 2025Oak View 4 Oak Gardens Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XP
Received 21 Feb 202516 Whitebeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SE
Received 21 Feb 202521 School Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QB
Received 23 Feb 2025115 Croston Road Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PR
Received 24 Feb 202511 Crofters Meadow Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QT
Received 24 Feb 2025Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 24 Feb 2025Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 24 Feb 202535 Radcliffe Drive Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QL
Received 24 Feb 2025Glen Dene Knoll Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TB
Received 25 Feb 2025Ladbrokes 362 - 364 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 25 Feb 2025Records 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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