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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.
9,849 approved · 557 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 15 May 202514 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SD
Received 16 May 202514 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SD
Received 16 May 2025Highwood Church Brow Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BB
Received 16 May 202542 Kingsway West Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JA
Received 16 May 20251 Moor Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SE
Received 19 May 20251 The Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DB
Received 20 May 20251 Millwood Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QS
Received 20 May 202523 St Pauls Close Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RT
Received 21 May 2025Little Croft Barn Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XQ
Received 21 May 2025Parker House Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 21 May 202510 Jersey Fold Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AA
Received 21 May 2025Bakers Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 22 May 2025Corner View Fowler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR25 3RJ
Received 22 May 20254 Blossom Falls Little Gem Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BT
Received 22 May 2025Land To Front Of 58 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 22 May 2025Land To Front Of 28 and 30 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TE
Received 22 May 2025Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 23 May 202585 Western Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YE
Received 23 May 20252 Blackbird Grove Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6AX
Received 23 May 2025Stanley Mount Gib Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RS
Received 23 May 202520 Poplar Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AA
Received 24 May 20254 Meadowland Close Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QW
Received 24 May 2025Fold Farm Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 27 May 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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