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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.
8,044 approved · 444 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
16 Winsor Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EP
Received 5 Apr 2022Grosvenor Garage Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JS
Received 6 Apr 2022214 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JU
Received 6 Apr 2022Plot 6000 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 7 Apr 20229 Carnoustie Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JR
Received 7 Apr 2022Cuerden Strategic Site East Of Stanfield Lane Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5YG
Received 8 Apr 2022195 - 197 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LB
Received 8 Apr 2022Electricity Substation Rear Of 27 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QR
Received 8 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 8 Apr 202240 Barn Hey Drive Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QX
Received 7 Apr 2022Alexander House Walton Summit Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AQ
Received 11 Apr 2022Knowsley Farm Bells Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JJ
Received 11 Apr 2022Shaldon 154 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 11 Apr 20227 Alder Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AD
Received 12 Apr 2022162A Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZE
Received 12 Apr 2022103 Western Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YE
Received 12 Apr 20223 Chestnut Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PP
Received 12 Apr 202227 Birkdale Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZH
Received 13 Apr 202222 Old School Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YU
Received 13 Apr 2022Holly House Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 13 Apr 2022257 and 259 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 13 Apr 2022127 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LQ
Received 14 Apr 20222 Hudson Court Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YF
Received 14 Apr 202211 Spinney Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JF
Received 14 Apr 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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