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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.
6,417 approved · 354 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 May 2018Lostock Hall Youth Centre Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5HB
Received 17 May 2018Pavillion Police Training School Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SD
Received 8 May 2018The Fresh Chicken Company Limited Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5HY
Received 17 May 201824 Meadows Reach Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XG
Received 17 May 2018142 Brierley Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AH
Received 17 May 201839 Renshaw Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RB
Received 17 May 2018Unit 3 143 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 18 May 201849 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 18 May 201814 Bamburgh Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7GX
Received 18 May 2018Blackbrook Hall Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 18 May 2018Blackbrook Hall Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 18 May 2018The Vault Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 18 May 2018S C Technology 43 Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QA
Received 18 May 201825 Hornbeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PT
Received 21 May 201814 Gower Grove Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QJ
Received 21 May 201810 Clovelly Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QX
Received 22 May 201844 Blackhurst Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BG
Received 22 May 2018Walmsley Fold Farm Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XA
Received 22 May 2018Unit 1 and 2 Cotton Mill Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LF
Received 22 May 2018Woodfield House Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 23 May 201812 Hazelwood Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RH
Received 23 May 2018143 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AB
Received 23 May 201826 Camwood Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AU
Received 14 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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