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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.
7,804 approved · 435 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westside Brook Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LA
Received 16 Apr 202127 Weavers Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FL
Received 16 Apr 2021360 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 16 Apr 2021156 Assembly Avenue Leyland PR25 3NY
Received 14 Apr 202142 Moor Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SE
Received 24 Mar 202117 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 25 Mar 20219 Stonefield Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HP
Received 24 Feb 202132 Stricklands Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XU
Received 17 Feb 2021Prospect House 30 Stricklands Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XU
Received 17 Feb 202127 Alexandra Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QS
Received 7 Apr 2021St Andrews Church Hall Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 19 Jan 2021Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 19 Jan 2021Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 19 Jan 2021Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 17 Feb 2021Prospect House 30 Stricklands Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XU
Received 9 Dec 2020TPO 2014 No 2 Nook House Old Brown Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 17 Dec 2020TPO 1990 No 5 Farington Hall Wood Wheelton Lane Farington Lancashire
Received 21 Jan 202116 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 1 Feb 20214 Brandwood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PG
Received 15 Feb 2021Woodside Woodside Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YD
Received 14 Jan 202114 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 2 Mar 20211 Royalty Gardens New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JW
Received 18 Mar 2021Kieshaw Drive Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 4AE
Received 19 May 2020Land Adjacent To Fairfield 3 Royalty Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 19 Apr 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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