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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.
8,533 approved · 468 refused · 328 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walton Hall Folly Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 2 Dec 2022Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 2 Dec 202289 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZA
Received 5 Dec 2022209 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HS
Received 5 Dec 202224 Laburnum Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AY
Received 5 Dec 2022Central Park Surgery Balfour Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TD
Received 6 Dec 202210 Marl Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XD
Received 6 Dec 2022Penwortham Residential Park Stricklands Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 7 Dec 20225 Allington Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 8 Dec 2022Orange Site No Lan 0010 Near M6 Cottage Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YA
Received 8 Dec 2022Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 8 Dec 202243 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 8 Dec 202234 Lostock View Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LR
Received 8 Dec 2022Orange Site No Lan 0010 Near M6 Cottage Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YA
Received 8 Dec 202223 Allerton Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QD
Received 9 Dec 20227 Hall Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JL
Received 12 Dec 2022448 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PJ
Received 13 Dec 202274 Alderfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HA
Received 14 Dec 2022Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 14 Dec 2022The Poachers Tavern Lostock Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BA
Received 15 Dec 202260 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LG
Received 16 Dec 202240 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 16 Dec 2022All Saints Church Blackburn Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EA
Received 19 Dec 202221 Talbot Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QU
Received 19 Dec 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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