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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.
7,597 approved · 423 refused · 279 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Maltings Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ZB
Received 30 Jul 202072 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BE
Received 30 Jul 2020South Preston Office Village Cuerden Way Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 30 Jul 2020Clifton House The Vineyard Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PR
Received 31 Jul 202010 Jubilee Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QY
Received 31 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To Barnfield Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 3 Aug 202067 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AR
Received 3 Aug 2020Land To The Rear Of 270 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 3 Aug 2020Land Off Oldfield and Long Meadow Oldfield Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 3 Aug 20208 Abbot Meadow Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JX
Received 4 Aug 20207 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TJ
Received 4 Aug 2020101 Hayfield Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AX
Received 4 Aug 20206 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 5 Aug 202019 Havelock Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ER
Received 4 Aug 202026 Brown Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZB
Received 5 Aug 202064 Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 6 Aug 202078 Manor House Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TY
Received 6 Aug 2020Land Adjacent To The Mill House Moss House Lane Much Hoole Lancashire PR4 4TD
Received 6 Aug 2020Agricultural Track Off London Way Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 7 Aug 202054 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 7 Aug 2020Morrisons Supermarket Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 7 Aug 2020172 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZE
Received 7 Aug 20204 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 10 Aug 202036 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 10 Aug 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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