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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.
7,702 approved · 430 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
119 Marsh Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PN
Received 18 Dec 20205 Medway Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AF
Received 18 Dec 20206 Brennand Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6WH
Received 18 Dec 2020Whitestake Post Office Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 18 Dec 202055 Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TN
Received 18 Dec 202038 Withy Grove Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6WX
Received 21 Dec 20202 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AX
Received 21 Dec 2020Oakland Farm Hollins Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 8LJ
Received 21 Dec 2020Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 21 Dec 2020Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 21 Dec 2020Lostock St Gerards Football Club Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 21 Dec 2020220A Cocker Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BP
Received 22 Dec 2020Globe Mill 17 - 21 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 22 Dec 2020Kelrose Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 22 Dec 202057 Marine Crescent Buckshaw Village Lancashire PR7 7AN
Received 22 Dec 202057 Marine Crescent Buckshaw Village Lancashire PR7 7AN
Received 22 Dec 2020Hurst Grange Park Hill Road Penwortham Lancashire
Received 22 Dec 20209 Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 22 Dec 2020Melrose Rest Home 50 Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 23 Dec 202048 Lynton Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HY
Received 23 Dec 2020Nisbet Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 23 Dec 2020125A Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LQ
Received 23 Dec 202020A Centurion Way Industrial Estate Centurion Way Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 3GR
Received 24 Dec 20203 Marl Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XD
Received 24 Dec 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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