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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.
6,534 approved · 365 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HU
Received 27 Sept 2018Sherwood Garage Sherwood Court Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5WA
Received 27 Sept 2018Kinrhos 23 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 27 Sept 2018Railway Bridge Off Asland Close Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 27 Sept 2018Bakers Farm Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XQ
Received 28 Sept 2018Moorfield Six Acre Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SE
Received 28 Sept 2018South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 1 Oct 20181 Springcroft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QY
Received 1 Oct 2018White Bull 109 Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BA
Received 1 Oct 201833 Kilngate Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UW
Received 2 Oct 2018Land Adjacent To Linden Lea Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 1 Oct 201822 Butlers Farm Court Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LF
Received 2 Oct 2018Land Adjacent To Linden Lea Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 26 Sept 2018367 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 2 Oct 201867 Rookery Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LU
Received 2 Oct 2018Spar Convenience Store 8 Hawkhurst Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QR
Received 3 Oct 2018Glenavon Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 3 Oct 2018Telecommunication Mast Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Lancashire
Received 27 Sept 201870 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 4 Oct 20188 Lonsdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BU
Received 4 Oct 20189 Doodstone Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TY
Received 4 Oct 2018270 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EB
Received 5 Oct 2018353 Station Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6EE
Received 8 Oct 2018101 - 101A Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 9 Oct 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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