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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.
9,952 approved · 560 refused · 393 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
282 Hoghton Lane Preston Lancashire PR5 0JH
Received 15 Jul 2025Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 16 Jul 202530 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 16 Jul 2025Land Adjacent 96 Stanley Grove Penwortham Lancashire
Received 17 Jul 202524 Cromwell Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AT
Received 17 Jul 202513 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UY
Received 17 Jul 2025Farington House Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UA
Received 18 Jul 2025Middleforth C Of E School Hill Road South Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YE
Received 18 Jul 202521 Elmsett Road Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JW
Received 18 Jul 2025Oak Dene Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 19 Jul 2025Valdene Skip Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HJ
Received 20 Jul 202520 Bannister Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 21 Jul 202514 Ennerdale Drive Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BX
Received 22 Jul 202551 Marina Grove Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SQ
Received 22 Jul 2025Twenty Acre Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 22 Jul 202551 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 22 Jul 202551 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 22 Jul 2025Penwortham Cricket Club Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QH
Received 23 Jul 2025Land At Preston New Road Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 21 Jul 2025Greenhurst Farm Alum Scar Lane Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7QA
Received 23 Jul 2025105 Welsby Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1JD
Received 24 Jul 202522 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 24 Jul 2025Rosedale Doodles Kennels Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 24 Jul 20256 Princess Street Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5HT
Received 24 Jul 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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