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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.
9,790 approved · 554 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Penshurst 156 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 31 Mar 20258 Northgate Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NQ
Received 31 Mar 202554 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RB
Received 26 Mar 2025Oak House Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 6YR
Received 1 Apr 20253 Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 26 Mar 2025Land To Rear Of 42 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JJ
Received 1 Apr 2025Land Adjacent Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Lancashire
Received 2 Apr 20256 Penwortham Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YX
Received 2 Apr 2025Kingsway House 4 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AP
Received 2 Apr 2025Seed House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 2 Apr 2025Land Adj 515 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 2 Apr 2025Land Off Royalty Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 2 Apr 20255 Western Avenue Matrix Park Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NB
Received 4 Apr 202548 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DT
Received 4 Apr 2025Mill House Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 5 Apr 202522 St Clements Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QU
Received 28 Mar 2025Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 8 Apr 20258 Spinney Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JF
Received 9 Apr 202544 Glamis Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZJ
Received 10 Apr 2025Ribblesdale Garage Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JX
Received 10 Apr 20251 Berry Field Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YJ
Received 10 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To Woodlands Church Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LH
Received 10 Apr 2025290 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YH
Received 11 Apr 20255 Balcarres Place Leyland Lancashire PR25 2FH
Received 12 Apr 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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