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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.
9,906 approved · 557 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brookhouse Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 12 Jun 202526 Padway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9EN
Received 12 Jun 2025Land To The North Of 359 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 12 Jun 2025Springbrook Farm Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 12 Jun 202523 Windsor Road Lancashire Walton-le-dale PR5 4GE
Received 12 Jun 202522 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DS
Received 13 Jun 2025Malasia Park Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AY
Received 13 Jun 2025Bakers Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 13 Jun 202566 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 13 Jun 2025Land At Cottage Gardens Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AG
Received 13 Jun 2025Oaklands Convent Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 14 Jun 2025Oakfield Fishery Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 14 Jun 20259 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 15 Jun 20251 Woodlands Way Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HN
Received 15 Jun 202559 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 16 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1DH
Received 17 Jun 2025237 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 18 Jun 2025231 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 18 Jun 202545 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 19 Jun 202530 Marshalls Brow Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HY
Received 20 Jun 2025Old Neds 125 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 20 Jun 20255 Allington Close Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 19 Jun 2025Wood Barn Cuerdale Lane Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4EP
Received 20 Jun 2025Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 20 Jun 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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