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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.
6,411 approved · 353 refused · 221 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 8 May 20187 Victoria Terrace Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2FB
Received 9 May 2018Mainway Court Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 9 May 201844 Aspendale Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LN
Received 9 May 2018Whitestake Post Office Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 9 May 201892 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7PB
Received 10 May 2018Our Lady and St Gerards Roman Catholic Primary School Lourdes Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TB
Received 3 May 2018Moor Hey School Far Croft Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SS
Received 11 May 201818 Prospect Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BH
Received 11 May 20186 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 11 May 2018Land To The West Of Grasmere Avenue Farington Lancashire
Received 11 May 2018St Marys Church Hall Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 14 May 2018188 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TP
Received 14 May 20182 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 14 May 2018Old Dunkirk Mill Site Rindle Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 14 May 2018Greendale 35 Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 15 May 2018Gabbotts Barn Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 15 May 2018The Willows Valley Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XP
Received 15 May 20182 Spring Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LY
Received 15 May 201829 Arkholme Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DE
Received 15 May 201869 Lever House Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XN
Received 15 May 2018Highfield Vicarage Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UD
Received 15 May 20184 Airey Houses Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 15 May 20186 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 16 May 2018Records 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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