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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.
8,031 approved · 444 refused · 298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1DH
Received 2 Mar 2022Total Polyfilm Limited 95 Seedlee Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AE
Received 9 Mar 2022St Leonards Vicarage Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 10 Mar 202261 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZA
Received 10 Mar 2022383 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EJ
Received 10 Mar 2022Whitestake Garage Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JT
Received 10 Mar 2022Unit 7 The Capitol Centre Capitol Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AW
Received 11 Mar 2022Rose Dene Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR4 4LJ
Received 11 Mar 2022Whitestake Post Office Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 10 Mar 2022183 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 11 Mar 2022Apple Tree Barn Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 1 Mar 2022Mandara Longton Bypass Little Hoole Walmer Bridge Lancashire PR4 5RE
Received 14 Mar 2022128 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 14 Mar 20221 Further Field Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6XP
Received 14 Mar 2022154 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SY
Received 9 Mar 2022The Fields Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 14 Mar 2022Darwen Side Farm Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 15 Mar 20224 Perthshire Grove Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AE
Received 15 Mar 2022151 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JB
Received 15 Mar 2022The Old School House Church Brow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 15 Mar 20226 Linton Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RB
Received 16 Mar 20228 Linton Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RB
Received 14 Mar 202223 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 16 Mar 2022Beech Lodge 9 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XB
Received 7 Mar 2022Records 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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