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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.
7,949 approved · 441 refused · 297 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clifton House The Vineyard Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PR
Received 10 Sept 2021329 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 13 Sept 202152 School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QE
Received 14 Sept 202152 School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QE
Received 14 Sept 2021404 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 14 Sept 202134 Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JT
Received 15 Sept 202142 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DQ
Received 15 Sept 2021Summit House Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DZ
Received 16 Sept 2021Limefield 2 Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 16 Sept 2021183 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 16 Sept 2021117 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EH
Received 16 Sept 2021219 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 16 Sept 2021Plot 6000 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 17 Sept 202134 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DU
Received 17 Sept 2021Land Adj To Fieldside Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 17 Sept 2021The Woodlands Poplar Grove Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RE
Received 20 Sept 20216 Oak Leaf Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AX
Received 20 Sept 202125 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 21 Sept 2021265 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 21 Sept 2021Grove House Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YE
Received 21 Sept 202111 Cherry Trees Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5ZA
Received 21 Sept 2021198 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 22 Sept 2021Arnold Clark Ltd Farington Business Park Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AU
Received 22 Sept 202171A Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QE
Received 22 Sept 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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