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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.
8,129 approved · 446 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fern Bank 138 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 13 Jul 2022Sherwood Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 13 Jul 20227 Latimer Drive New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZL
Received 8 Jul 2022260 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 15 Jul 202211 Farington Lodge Gardens Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4AB
Received 15 Jul 202220 Lindle Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AP
Received 15 Jul 202252 St Annes Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XS
Received 18 Jul 202254 St Annes Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XS
Received 18 Jul 2022Aspden Fold Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 18 Jul 202211 Smithy Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GN
Received 19 Jul 2022Autoy Limited Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DZ
Received 20 Jul 2022119 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 20 Jul 2022Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 20 Jul 202239 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BD
Received 21 Jul 2022The Old Mill School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6SY
Received 21 Jul 202225 Barn Flatt Close Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HW
Received 21 Jul 2022The Old Mill School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6SY
Received 18 Jul 2022Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 22 Jul 202231 Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 22 Jul 2022Perrys Car Dealership Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 22 Jul 202227 Shaftesbury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EL
Received 25 Jul 2022Bridgend Church Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LH
Received 25 Jul 2022Plot 6000 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 25 Jul 2022Nook Farm Barn Mosney Fold Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NX
Received 25 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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