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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.
9,731 approved · 552 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fern Bank 138 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 17 Jan 2025Enterprise Building Holme Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BP
Received 17 Jan 2025Land To The North Of 153 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 20 Jan 2025177 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 18 Jan 2025Land Adj To Bezza Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UF
Received 21 Jan 202512 Castle Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BP
Received 22 Jan 2025Arnold Clark Ltd Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3GG
Received 22 Jan 20252 Hey End New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YH
Received 22 Jan 202559 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BD
Received 22 Jan 202528 Valley View Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LU
Received 23 Jan 2025169-171 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 23 Jan 2025409 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 23 Jan 202531A Oak Leaf Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AX
Received 23 Jan 2025Morrisons Supermarket Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 23 Jan 2025116 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 24 Jan 2025Loopy Lous Plant Nursery Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 24 Jan 2025St Aidans Church 46 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QL
Received 24 Jan 2025Southernwood 99 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 27 Jan 202530 Croston Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LA
Received 27 Jan 20251 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 27 Jan 2025St Patricks School Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HD
Received 28 Jan 2025Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 28 Jan 20259 Southlands Drive Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SJ
Received 28 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To Midge Hall Methodist Church Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TD
Received 28 Jan 2025Records 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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