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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.
10,071 approved · 567 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
320A Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SU
Received 3 Nov 2025The Almonds Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RQ
Received 4 Nov 20254 Worden Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1FL
Received 5 Nov 2025Puddle Duck Cottage Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TD
Received 6 Nov 2025312 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HJ
Received 6 Nov 2025Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Ltd Sandham House Red Rose Drive Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TJ
Received 7 Nov 20252 Fairhaven Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XY
Received 7 Nov 2025Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 11 Nov 2025Farington Chase 394 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 11 Nov 2025Windmill Hotel Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NS
Received 11 Nov 202547 Moor Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SE
Received 11 Nov 2025Woodside House 150 Broadfield Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1LH
Received 11 Nov 2025Penwortham Priory Academy Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE
Received 12 Nov 20259 Juniper Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PH
Received 12 Nov 20252 Mornington Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XA
Received 12 Nov 2025Lant At Riverside Filling Station Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UJ
Received 12 Nov 2025Meadow View Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 12 Nov 20258 Fowler Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RL
Received 13 Nov 2025Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 13 Nov 2025Opposite 6 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 13 Nov 2025Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 13 Nov 202541/39 Bank Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AN
Received 13 Nov 20253 Ringlet Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6HZ
Received 13 Nov 2025Opposite 9/ 8 Thornfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HE
Received 14 Nov 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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