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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.
6,570 approved · 368 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 13 Dec 20187 Tennyson Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TT
Received 13 Dec 20187 Greenhill Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AG
Received 14 Dec 201816 Highgale View Highgale Gardens Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YT
Received 14 Dec 2018Land Off Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 14 Dec 201876 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZD
Received 17 Dec 201850 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DT
Received 17 Dec 2018364 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 17 Dec 201814 Coniston Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RN
Received 18 Dec 2018Bakers Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 19 Dec 20182 Renshaw Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RA
Received 19 Dec 2018196A Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PP
Received 20 Dec 2018Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 20 Dec 201813 Long Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AH
Received 20 Dec 2018352-354 Higher Walton Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HT
Received 21 Dec 2018Brambly Edge 60 Todd Lane South Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XE
Received 21 Dec 201891 Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JJ
Received 21 Dec 201871 Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BA
Received 21 Dec 201833 Walnutwood Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DT
Received 21 Dec 2018Naptha Farm Naptha Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JY
Received 21 Dec 201884 Hampshire Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NH
Received 21 Dec 2018Balshaws C Of E High School Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AH
Received 21 Dec 2018Rear Of 352 - 354 Higher Walton Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HT
Received 21 Dec 2018Tuson Farm Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 21 Dec 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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