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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.
8,154 approved · 446 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gables Farm Livery Stables Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AQ
Received 10 Aug 202223 Cross Field Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EH
Received 10 Aug 2022STREET RECORD Valley View Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 10 Aug 2022Danesway 52 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 11 Aug 20221 Kestrel Close Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1FP
Received 11 Aug 2022STREET RECORD Bee Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 12 Aug 2022Places For People 18 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 12 Aug 2022Wyndhams 123 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2NT
Received 12 Aug 2022Unit 8 Longton Business Park Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 12 Aug 2022131 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ED
Received 12 Aug 2022Land At Lodge Lane Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire
Received 12 Aug 2022Land At Lodge Lane Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire
Received 12 Aug 20227 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 15 Aug 2022109 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AB
Received 16 Aug 2022270 Carnfield Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AN
Received 17 Aug 2022Huntley Hall Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 18 Aug 202229 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 19 Aug 2022Lydiate Quarry Lydiate Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UB
Received 9 Aug 2022BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 19 Aug 2022368 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 22 Aug 2022Bartle Hall Nurseries Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 22 Aug 202232 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EB
Received 22 Aug 2022150 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 22 Aug 202226 Grange Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LP
Received 22 Aug 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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