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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.
6,985 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Robin Ghyll 117 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 29 Jan 202044 School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QD
Received 30 Jan 202056 Hennel Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4LD
Received 30 Jan 2020249C Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 30 Jan 202010 The Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XH
Received 30 Jan 2020Higher Seed Lee Farm Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 11 Feb 2020Park Hill Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 4LH
Received 31 Jan 2020154 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 31 Jan 202046 Westfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1GX
Received 31 Jan 202016 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JH
Received 31 Jan 2020351 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ST
Received 3 Feb 20201 Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4BJ
Received 3 Feb 202038 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AS
Received 3 Feb 2020Westerly Pavement Adjacent Car Park Churchill Way Leyland Lancashire
Received 3 Feb 202028 The Laund Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XX
Received 3 Feb 2020Suthers Star Garage Limited Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5JS
Received 3 Feb 20206 Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NR
Received 3 Feb 202033 Mardale Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BT
Received 4 Feb 20203 Townsway Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YQ
Received 4 Feb 202040 Windsor Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4GE
Received 4 Feb 202077 Glendale Crescent Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YA
Received 5 Feb 2020Alker Fold Whalley Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 4 Feb 202038 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XA
Received 5 Feb 20206 Willowbank Close Farington Moss Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QD
Received 5 Feb 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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