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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.
8,563 approved · 471 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
219 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 16 Jan 2023277 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LE
Received 17 Jan 202384 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HT
Received 17 Jan 2023Sherwood Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 17 Jan 202329 Ampleforth Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TD
Received 17 Jan 2023Alker Fold Whalley Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 17 Jan 202385 Walnutwood Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DT
Received 17 Jan 2023Broadoaks Child Development Centre Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ED
Received 17 Jan 2023360 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 17 Jan 2023149 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QH
Received 18 Jan 2023232 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 18 Jan 202315 Middlefield Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AE
Received 18 Jan 202352 School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QE
Received 19 Jan 2023Bamfords Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 19 Jan 2023197 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 19 Jan 20238 Monks Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AQ
Received 19 Jan 20236 Cleveleys Road Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LT
Received 19 Jan 202318 Formby Crescent Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YN
Received 19 Jan 2023131 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UP
Received 19 Jan 2023TPO 2001 No 11 Rear Of 4 Brooklawns Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 20 Jan 2023Station Garage Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 19 Jan 202329 Old Oak Gardens Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BF
Received 20 Jan 2023Land At Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 23 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To Langdale Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 23 Jan 2023Records 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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