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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.
8,111 approved · 445 refused · 302 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Birch Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PB
Received 30 Jun 202267 Kensington Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EE
Received 30 Jun 20225 Allington Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 30 Jun 20224 Masefield Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TN
Received 30 Jun 2022Land To The West Of The Conifers Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 30 Jun 20222 Hollings New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XS
Received 30 Jun 202256 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UQ
Received 1 Jul 2022BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 1 Jul 2022Stone Cottage Sea View Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5GH
Received 1 Jul 2022252 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JH
Received 1 Jul 2022Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 1 Jul 20221 Highfield Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 1 Jul 20226 Badgers Way Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QU
Received 1 Jul 2022Waltons Barn 190A Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 4 Jul 202253 Coniston Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RP
Received 5 Jul 202227 Sheephill Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YN
Received 5 Jul 20221 Malton Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5NA
Received 28 Jun 202210 St Marys Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TD
Received 5 Jul 202251 St Marys Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 4UL
Received 5 Jul 2022Alker Fold Whalley Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 5 Jul 2022O/s 43 Rushy Hey Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JP
Received 5 Jul 202240 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TE
Received 6 Jul 202273 Bispham Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QE
Received 6 Jul 20224 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 6 Jul 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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