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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.
7,738 approved · 432 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112 Walnutwood Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DS
Received 3 Feb 20219 Broadwood Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XU
Received 3 Feb 20218 Eagleton Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SL
Received 3 Feb 20215 Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 4 Feb 202156 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 4 Feb 20211 Blaydike Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AR
Received 4 Feb 2021272 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 31 Jan 2021Proposed Agricultual Building Factory Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 4 Feb 20219 Kellet Acre Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JX
Received 1 Feb 2021Oaklands Convent Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 5 Feb 202123 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 8 Feb 2021Lloyds TSB 7 Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire PR25 3LJ
Received 8 Feb 2021Kenmore Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 8 Feb 2021Howick Hall Farm Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NS
Received 8 Feb 2021Howick Hall Farm Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NS
Received 8 Feb 2021Woodfold Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 8 Feb 2021Cross House Potter Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EN
Received 8 Feb 2021South Preston Office Village Cuerden Way Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 8 Feb 2021Banks Cottage Barn Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 9 Feb 2021103 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LB
Received 9 Feb 2021The Hospital Inn Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YP
Received 9 Feb 2021Brook House Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RP
Received 9 Feb 20219 Birkdale Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZH
Received 9 Feb 2021Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 10 Feb 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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