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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.
10,039 approved · 563 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 29 Sept 202547 Cockersand Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EL
Received 29 Sept 2025101 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YH
Received 30 Sept 2025Wellfield Academy Yewlands Drive Leyland PR25 2TP
Received 30 Sept 2025Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 30 Sept 2025Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 30 Sept 2025Brook House Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RP
Received 30 Sept 2025Land Adj To 172A Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TD
Received 30 Sept 2025181A Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 30 Sept 20259 - 11 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 30 Sept 202520 The Vinery New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YB
Received 30 Sept 20259 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 30 Sept 202534 Clive Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AT
Received 1 Oct 20257 Little Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YL
Received 30 Sept 202566 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UQ
Received 2 Oct 2025Shaunleigh Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 3 Oct 20252 Hollinhurst Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AG
Received 3 Oct 20257 Princes Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DX
Received 3 Oct 2025Jesmond Dene Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 3 Oct 2025Land To North Of 56 Newgate Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 3 Oct 202525 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SH
Received 3 Oct 2025Land To North Of 56 Newgate Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 3 Oct 2025Ribbleside Farm Church Brow Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 4 Oct 20257 Willow Tree Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YA
Received 5 Oct 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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