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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.
6,531 approved · 362 refused · 224 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 5 Sept 201822 Walmer Green Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RB
Received 5 Sept 201825 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NP
Received 6 Sept 2018Land At Cotton Mill Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LF
Received 6 Sept 2018Land At Cotton Mill Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LF
Received 6 Sept 2018Diamond Hall Farm Moorside Fold Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5RE
Received 7 Sept 2018Jesmond Dene Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 7 Sept 20189 Kingsfold Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DL
Received 7 Sept 2018Unit 1 and 2 Cotton Mill Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LF
Received 7 Sept 2018Land Off Wheelton Lane Farington Lancashire
Received 7 Sept 2018Land Adjacent To Linden Lea Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 10 Sept 201867 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HA
Received 11 Sept 2018Land Between Chestnut Farm and Willow Tree Farm Wham Lane Little Hoole Lancashire
Received 11 Sept 20186 Lindle Close Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AN
Received 11 Sept 2018Playing Fields Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Lancashire
Received 11 Sept 2018244 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AB
Received 11 Sept 2018The Hospital Inn 333 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YP
Received 12 Sept 2018Smithy House Potter Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EN
Received 12 Sept 2018Replacement Community Centre and Residential Site At Daub Hall Lane and Gregson Lane Hoghton Lancashire PR5 0DP
Received 12 Sept 2018Conservative Club Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JA
Received 12 Sept 201838 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 13 Sept 2018Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 13 Sept 201833 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DS
Received 14 Sept 2018Alumscar 326 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 14 Sept 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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