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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.
6,601 approved · 370 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Southfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HB
Received 19 Mar 2019Alumscar 326 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 19 Mar 2019Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 20 Mar 2019Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 20 Mar 201918 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HY
Received 20 Mar 20199 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 21 Mar 2019Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 21 Mar 201940 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RE
Received 21 Mar 201929 Cross Halls Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YD
Received 21 Mar 2019Land Adjacent To Ribble Bridge House Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AB
Received 21 Mar 2019Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 22 Mar 2019Conservative Club Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JA
Received 22 Mar 2019Thornfield Gough Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AQ
Received 22 Mar 2019Diamond Hall Farm Moorside Fold Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5RE
Received 25 Mar 201982 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 25 Mar 2019Beech Lodge Shirley Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PH
Received 25 Mar 2019Golden Hill Short Stay School Earnshaw Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1QS
Received 26 Mar 20193A & 3B Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Preston Lancashire PR7 7NG
Received 26 Mar 201931 Sumpter Croft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9UJ
Received 27 Mar 20196 Hall Croft Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SS
Received 27 Mar 201923 Beechway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XS
Received 27 Mar 20194 Masefield Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TN
Received 27 Mar 2019TPO 2006 No 20 Rear 15 Croft Park Wigan Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 21 Mar 2019111 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UP
Received 28 Mar 2019Records 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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