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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.
6,974 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 22 Jan 2020Church House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 22 Jan 202017 Mercer Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TP
Received 22 Jan 202016 and 17 Aspels Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AN
Received 22 Jan 2020Land Off Swallow Field Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 22 Jan 2020Site Of Former Mainway Court Mainway Gardens Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6GL
Received 23 Jan 2020Land To Rear Of 61 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 23 Jan 2020Goosefoot Barn Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 23 Jan 2020410 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SA
Received 23 Jan 202013 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RN
Received 23 Jan 2020Land Adj To 30 Moor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NE
Received 24 Jan 2020Lostock Hall Cp School Linden Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AS
Received 22 Jan 2020Walton Hall Croft Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 24 Jan 2020Peel View Garage Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 24 Jan 2020Fleetwood Hall Farm Roach Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 27 Jan 2020Fleetwood Hall Farm Roach Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 27 Jan 202025 Lyndale Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UU
Received 27 Jan 2020Land Adj To Banks Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 27 Jan 20201 Mardale Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BT
Received 27 Jan 202031 Chesmere Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RA
Received 28 Jan 202024 Stryands Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HD
Received 28 Jan 2020Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 28 Jan 2020The Fresh Chicken Company Limited Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5HY
Received 29 Jan 202017 Alder Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AD
Received 29 Jan 2020Records 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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