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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.
8,103 approved · 445 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 6000 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 17 Jun 20229 Princes Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HH
Received 23 Jun 202232 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 23 Jun 202214 Silverdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BY
Received 23 Jun 202227 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DP
Received 24 Jun 2022313 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 20 Jun 20221 Albert Terrace Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DT
Received 20 Jun 2022Land Adjacent 96 Stanley Grove Penwortham Lancashire
Received 24 Jun 2022St Aidans Church 46 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QL
Received 24 Jun 2022147 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XA
Received 24 Jun 2022Former Storage Sheds Knoll Lane Little Hoole Lancashire
Received 24 Jun 202224 Foundry Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3RA
Received 24 Jun 202261A Marlborough Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QU
Received 24 Jun 202256 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 24 Jun 2022Taylor House Carr Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TH
Received 27 Jun 2022150 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 27 Jun 2022Kittys Farm Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 27 Jun 20223 Broadfield Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DU
Received 5 Jul 2022Kingsway House 4 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AP
Received 27 Jun 2022Astill Saddlery Pear Tree Cottage Flag Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TQ
Received 28 Jun 202246 St Saviours Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AH
Received 28 Jun 2022Land At Junction Of Naptha Lane and Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 28 Jun 20222 Roach Bridge Cottages Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 29 Jun 202236 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XX
Received 29 Jun 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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