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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.
6,649 approved · 371 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brooklyn Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 6 Jun 2019Hill View Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 6 Jun 201917 Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 7 Jun 20192 Marl Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XD
Received 7 Jun 2019102 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 10 Jun 2019378 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 10 Jun 20197 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 11 Jun 2019Kennels and Cattery Morningside Cottage Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 12 Jun 201915 Holker Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LS
Received 12 Jun 2019South Rings Business Park (Roundabout) Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 12 Jun 2019171 Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 14 Jun 2019Oakdene Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 14 Jun 2019381 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 14 Jun 201916 Hazel Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YE
Received 17 Jun 2019Goosefoot Barn Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 18 Jun 201927 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XD
Received 18 Jun 2019266 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 19 Jun 201917 Conway Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HU
Received 19 Jun 201946 Howick Park Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LS
Received 19 Jun 2019166 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HE
Received 19 Jun 201927 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XD
Received 19 Jun 201933 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NU
Received 19 Jun 2019Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 19 Jun 2019Morrisons 189 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 20 Jun 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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