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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.
8,637 approved · 477 refused · 337 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Highfield House Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 6YR
Received 27 Feb 2023Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 27 Feb 2023265 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 25 Feb 20232 Seven Sands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BQ
Received 27 Feb 2023Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 202314B Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 27 Feb 2023Land At Crownlee Crownlee Penwortham Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 2023Hawkstone Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 28 Feb 2023Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 202317 Ampleforth Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TD
Received 28 Feb 202331 Sibley Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RY
Received 28 Feb 2023Brooklands 105 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 28 Feb 20231 Cinnamon Hill Drive North Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QP
Received 1 Mar 2023Conkers 97A Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 1 Mar 2023White House Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AQ
Received 1 Mar 20235 Solway Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RT
Received 1 Mar 2023117 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EH
Received 1 Mar 20238 Wham Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XB
Received 2 Mar 202325 Beechway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XS
Received 2 Mar 202356A Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 3 Mar 2023Walton Hall Folly Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 3 Mar 202321 Acorn Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UQ
Received 3 Mar 202328 Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 0AB
Received 3 Mar 20232 Haydock Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 2FS
Received 6 Mar 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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