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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.
10,158 approved · 576 refused · 397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 4 Feb 2026Land Between 222 - 230 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AE
Received 4 Feb 202640 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 4 Feb 202640 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 4 Feb 2026109 Collins Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6GU
Received 4 Feb 2026OS 1 Half Acre Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SG
Received 4 Feb 2026PENWORTHAM CRICKET CLUB Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QE
Received 5 Feb 2026Dob Lane Nurseries Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 5 Feb 2026Wellfield Academy Yewlands Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TP
Received 5 Feb 2026Wellfield Academy Yewlands Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TP
Received 5 Feb 2026Land To The Rear Of Nos 42 - 46 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZB
Received 5 Feb 2026Woodfield House Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 5 Feb 202627 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HY
Received 6 Feb 2026Ranch House Farm Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 6 Feb 2026OS 1 Half Acre Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SG
Received 6 Feb 2026OS 131 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SY
Received 6 Feb 20261 Springcroft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QY
Received 6 Feb 2026Wellfield Academy Yewlands Drive Leyland PR25 2TP
Received 7 Feb 202613 Hollywood Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AS
Received 7 Feb 2026Church House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 9 Feb 2026Penwortham Cricket Club Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QE
Received 9 Feb 20263 Bridge Cottages Carr Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 3RD
Received 9 Feb 202614 Studholme Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PA
Received 9 Feb 2026Heatherfield Works Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 10 Feb 2026Records 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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