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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.
9,779 approved · 554 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
6 Rydal Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AX
Received 24 Mar 202524 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 24 Mar 202551 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4LP
Received 24 Mar 2025Oak View 4 Oak Gardens Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XP
Received 24 Mar 2025Nutters Platt Farm 94 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 24 Mar 202517 Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AN
Received 25 Mar 20253 Squirrels Chase Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5NE
Received 25 Mar 2025Homefield 142 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 25 Mar 202560 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 25 Mar 2025Oakdene Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 26 Mar 20252 Manby Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0EL
Received 26 Mar 202511 Stonefield Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HP
Received 26 Mar 202536 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 26 Mar 2025Penwortham Girls High School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 27 Mar 20258 Tuson Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AR
Received 28 Mar 2025Hutton Grammar School Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 28 Mar 202513 Highfield Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XA
Received 28 Mar 202521 Meadway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JL
Received 28 Mar 2025Land Between 196 and 208 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 27 Mar 202516 Birch Tree Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ZD
Received 26 Mar 20256 Wilton Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QU
Received 28 Mar 2025Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 28 Mar 202515 Balmoral Road Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4GN
Received 30 Mar 2025Unit 7 Charnley Fold Industrial Estate School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6PS
Received 30 Mar 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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