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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.
8,700 approved · 478 refused · 341 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newlands Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 10 Apr 202332 Clough Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LQ
Received 10 Apr 202333 Moorside Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XF
Received 11 Apr 20231 Reynard Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DD
Received 11 Apr 20238 Nixons Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7LD
Received 12 Apr 20232 Hornbeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PT
Received 12 Apr 20234 Spinney Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JF
Received 13 Apr 202311 Vicarsfield Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BH
Received 14 Apr 2023133 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UP
Received 30 Mar 2023Bamber Bridge Football Club Brownedge Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6UX
Received 14 Apr 20233 Danesway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TH
Received 14 Apr 202329 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 14 Apr 2023Land At Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 14 Apr 2023350 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0FD
Received 17 Apr 202336 Seven Sands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BQ
Received 14 Apr 2023Quarter Acre 16 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 17 Apr 2023154 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZH
Received 18 Apr 20233 Gleneagles Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JT
Received 18 Apr 202334 Spring Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LY
Received 18 Apr 2023Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 19 Apr 202317 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 20 Apr 2023STREET RECORD Barn Flatt Close Higher Walton Lancashire
Received 20 Apr 202353 Moorhey Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SS
Received 20 Apr 20232 Yewlands Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TN
Received 20 Apr 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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