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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.
7,993 approved · 442 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Webster Fold Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 21 Dec 20213 Foster Croft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AN
Received 22 Dec 202128 Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 0AB
Received 22 Dec 202124 Knot Acre New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JB
Received 22 Dec 202128 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EL
Received 22 Dec 2021Pear Tree Stables Pear Tree Cottage Flag Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TQ
Received 22 Dec 202133 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SB
Received 23 Dec 2021Plot 6000 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 23 Dec 20211 Reynard Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DD
Received 23 Dec 20212 Foster Croft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AN
Received 23 Dec 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 24 Dec 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 24 Dec 2021124 Bristol Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GD
Received 29 Dec 20213 Brookdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DU
Received 30 Dec 20213 Brookdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DU
Received 30 Dec 2021136 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HD
Received 3 Jan 2022Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 4 Jan 202267 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 5 Jan 2022South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 5 Jan 20224 Hurst Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BD
Received 5 Jan 20229 Hudson Court Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YF
Received 5 Jan 202256 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 7 Jan 2022Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 21 Dec 20212 Haydon Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JZ
Received 20 Dec 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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