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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.
9,229 approved · 516 refused · 369 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glovers Bakery Club Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FN
Received 4 Dec 202321 Brantwood Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3PF
Received 4 Dec 2023Thorn Bush Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 4 Dec 202317 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 4 Dec 2023Sunnydale Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 5 Dec 2023130 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0US
Received 5 Dec 2023Stanley House Preston New Road Mellor BB2 7NP
Received 5 Dec 202329 Moorside Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XF
Received 5 Dec 202320 Stiles Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FL
Received 5 Dec 2023Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 30 Nov 2023Unit 2 Longton Business Park Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 6 Dec 202320 Swallowtail Way Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6HY
Received 6 Dec 202350 The Poultry Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 1 Dec 20231 Auburn Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DF
Received 7 Dec 202346 Shaftesbury Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZE
Received 7 Dec 202388 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QP
Received 7 Dec 2023Telecommunication Mast Old Nursery Wham Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 7 Dec 2023Springfield Farm Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 8 Dec 2023Fair Acre Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 4 Dec 20235 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 8 Dec 2023134 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EH
Received 9 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To 329 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 11 Dec 2023Occleshaw House 2 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 11 Dec 2023Occleshaw House 2 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 11 Dec 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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