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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.
7,600 approved · 423 refused · 280 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Far Field Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YQ
Received 10 Aug 2020154 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 11 Aug 202011 Priory Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XZ
Received 12 Aug 2020Auora Brambles School 159 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 12 Aug 2020Hurst Grange Park Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 13 Aug 2020Telecommunications Mast Club Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 13 Aug 202062 Howick Park Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LU
Received 14 Aug 2020Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 14 Aug 2020174 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 14 Aug 2020The Ryan Medical Centre St Marys Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6JD
Received 14 Aug 2020Earnshaw Business Centre Hugh Lane Leyland PR26 6PD
Received 17 Aug 202023 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XJ
Received 17 Aug 2020Farington Hall Estates Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 17 Aug 202069 Walton Summit Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AQ
Received 18 Aug 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 18 Aug 2020195 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XJ
Received 18 Aug 2020131 Broadfield Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1LD
Received 18 Aug 2020Oaks Cottage 9 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 19 Aug 20202 Glenway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AJ
Received 19 Aug 20205 Fylde Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RP
Received 19 Aug 202063 Brownedge Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TA
Received 19 Aug 20202 Poplar Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QX
Received 19 Aug 2020Land Off Oldfield and Long Meadow Oldfield Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 19 Aug 2020Expac Warehouse Tomlinson Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 20 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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