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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.
8,500 approved · 465 refused · 327 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Apr 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 White Houses Fowler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR25 3RJ
Received 31 Oct 2022Land To The East Of Penwortham Priory Technology College Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE
Received 27 Oct 202279 Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UB
Received 1 Nov 2022Gas Valve Compound Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Lancashire
Received 1 Nov 202219 Bridgeway Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YJ
Received 1 Nov 2022Copster Cottages Further Lane Mellor Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7QB
Received 2 Nov 202245 Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AX
Received 2 Nov 20222 Green Gate Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FH
Received 3 Nov 202262D Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7AT
Received 2 Nov 202273 Northlands Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XR
Received 3 Nov 2022Stanley Grange Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 3 Nov 2022Hollins Barn Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 3 Nov 202268 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 3 Nov 2022Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 9 Nov 2022Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 9 Nov 2022Unit 1 Lesser Marsh House Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 9 Nov 2022Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 9 Nov 20221 Brookhouse Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0FH
Received 10 Nov 202265 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QQ
Received 10 Nov 2022Aspden Fold Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 10 Nov 2022Beeston Manor Country Hotel Quaker Brook Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RA
Received 11 Nov 2022Beeston Manor Country Hotel Quaker Brook Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RA
Received 11 Nov 20225 Skipton Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6HF
Received 11 Nov 20226 Coniston Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RN
Received 14 Nov 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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