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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.
7,019 approved · 396 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fernleigh 201 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YL
Received 1 Apr 2020Worden Pharmacy 37 West Paddock Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HR
Received 1 Apr 2020Land Off Swallow Field Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 1 Apr 2020Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 1 Apr 2020Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 2 Apr 202040 Beechway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XS
Received 2 Apr 2020Mayrose House Bezza Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UF
Received 2 Apr 2020Land Adjacent To Brookfield Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 6 Apr 2020Land To Rear Of 270 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 6 Apr 2020266 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 6 Apr 2020National Grid Sub Station Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 3 Apr 2020188 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 7 Apr 202076A Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 8 Apr 2020No 4 Land Adjacent Woodside Woodside Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 8 Apr 2020Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 9 Apr 20205 Kilsby Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JZ
Received 9 Apr 2020Total Polyfilm Limited 95 Seedlee Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AE
Received 9 Apr 20204 The Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BL
Received 9 Apr 2020Ribble Kirn Farm Skip Lane Hutton Lancashire PR4 5LD
Received 9 Apr 202067 Alpine Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LG
Received 10 Apr 202032 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 10 Apr 2020Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 14 Apr 2020Lorien Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 14 Apr 20204 Willow Way New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YQ
Received 14 Apr 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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