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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.
10,090 approved · 568 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Summers View 2 Little Farm Way Longton Preston PR4 5DW
Received 19 Nov 20255 The Cedars New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AF
Received 20 Nov 202550 Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 20 Nov 202584 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 20 Nov 2025Land Off Victoria Road Higher Walton Road Chorley Road and Grove Road Walton-le-Dale PR5 4HP
Received 20 Nov 2025198C Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 20 Nov 2025Samlesbury Aerodrome BAE Systems Operations Ltd Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF
Received 20 Nov 2025Barron Wood Distribution Ltd Brook Lane Nurseries Brook Lane Much Hoole Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 21 Nov 202515 Clive Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AT
Received 21 Nov 2025Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 21 Nov 2025Worden Medical Centre West Paddock Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HR
Received 22 Nov 20259 Sunnybank Alma Row Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0FB
Received 22 Nov 2025Chapel House Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 24 Nov 2025Moss View 132 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 24 Nov 20251 Lonsdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BU
Received 24 Nov 2025Lindle Business Park Lindle Lane Hutton Lancashire
Received 25 Nov 2025Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Ltd Sandham House Red Rose Drive Lancashire Enterprise Business Park Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TJ
Received 25 Nov 2025Seven Stars County School Peacock Hall Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TD
Received 26 Nov 2025St Catherines Hospice Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XU
Received 27 Nov 20256 Farington Lodge Gardens Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4AB
Received 27 Nov 202535 Lindle Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AP
Received 27 Nov 2025Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire PR26 6TS
Received 28 Nov 2025Alderfield Wham Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JS
Received 28 Nov 20255 Pleasant View Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TH
Received 29 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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