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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.
7,718 approved · 431 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Oaks Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 11 Jan 2021Staleydene Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 11 Jan 202147 The Ferns Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QT
Received 11 Jan 202114 Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 11 Jan 2021Brookfield 66 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 11 Jan 2021365 Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5JS
Received 11 Jan 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 12 Jan 2021Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 2021Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 12 Jan 2021Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 2021243 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NA
Received 13 Jan 202118 Shaftesbury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AY
Received 13 Jan 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 14 Jan 202115 Park Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JB
Received 14 Jan 202116 Oak Leaf Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AX
Received 15 Jan 2021Barclays Bank Balfour Court Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TF
Received 15 Jan 202116 Carlton Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LP
Received 15 Jan 2021Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 18 Jan 20218 Princes Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DX
Received 18 Jan 2021Penwortham Residential Park Stricklands Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 18 Jan 202121 Brookwood Way Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7GW
Received 18 Jan 2021New Mill Wesley Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NP
Received 18 Jan 20216 Langden Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ND
Received 18 Jan 20213 Further Field Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6XP
Received 19 Jan 2021Records 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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