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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.
6,168 approved · 336 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Halcombe House Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 18 Dec 201714 Pendlebury Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YT
Received 19 Dec 2017129 Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QE
Received 19 Dec 201793A Buckingham Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HG
Received 19 Dec 2017Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 19 Dec 201762 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AS
Received 28 Nov 201748 Albrighton Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LE
Received 20 Dec 2017Broadfield Arms Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XH
Received 20 Dec 2017Sainsburys Cuerden Way Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BJ
Received 20 Dec 2017Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 20 Dec 20178 Clifton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XL
Received 18 Dec 2017Unit 4 - 4A Tomlinson Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 19 Dec 2017Penwortham Priory Technology College Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE
Received 20 Dec 2017Hillview Knoll Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TB
Received 21 Dec 2017Dob Lane Nurseries Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 21 Dec 2017Replacement Community Centre and Residential Site At Daub Hall Lane and Gregson Lane Hoghton Lancashire PR5 0DP
Received 21 Dec 2017Bank House Farm Green Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RJ
Received 21 Dec 2017277 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LE
Received 22 Dec 2017The Maltings Site Hill Road South Penwortham Lancashire
Received 22 Dec 2017The Maltings Site Hill Road South Penwortham Lancashire
Received 22 Dec 2017Smithy Inn 133 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GB
Received 22 Dec 201719 Goldcrest Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZE
Received 22 Dec 201718 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 25 Dec 201721A Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JD
Received 27 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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