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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.
6,147 approved · 336 refused · 199 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Howick Park Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LX
Received 28 Nov 2017The Elms 3 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 28 Nov 2017Smiths Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 29 Nov 2017BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 29 Nov 20174 Huntley Woods Farm Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LE
Received 29 Nov 2017160 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AD
Received 30 Nov 2017Alliance Healthcare Dodd Way Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BX
Received 30 Nov 2017Welwyn 51 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 21 Nov 2017Land Between 27 - 29 Park Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 30 Nov 2017Longton Equestrian Centre Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 30 Nov 2017247 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SN
Received 29 Nov 201717 Moorhey Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ST
Received 1 Dec 2017Land At Club Street Club Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FN
Received 4 Dec 2017148 Brierley Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AH
Received 4 Dec 201718 Rydal Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RU
Received 30 Nov 2017148 Brierley Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AH
Received 4 Dec 2017Hollyoak 21 Hollywood Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AS
Received 4 Dec 2017107 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 4 Dec 2017San Marco 237 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 4 Dec 2017Land At Olive Farm and Land North Of Methuen Drive Methuen Drive Hoghton Lancashire
Received 5 Dec 201721 North Union View Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RF
Received 5 Dec 201715 Carleton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QT
Received 6 Dec 2017Highfield Potter Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EN
Received 6 Dec 2017David Cowburn Funeral Directors 147 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LH
Received 7 Dec 2017Records 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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