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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.
9,960 approved · 560 refused · 395 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Chorley Road Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JA
Received 24 Jul 202510 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 24 Jul 2025Brownedge St Marys Roman Catholic High School Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EA
Received 23 Jul 202549 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QS
Received 24 Jul 2025Field To East Of Marsh Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 25 Jul 2025103 Branch Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NY
Received 25 Jul 202511 Grenville Avenue Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UA
Received 25 Jul 2025Farington Lodge Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QR
Received 25 Jul 202596-100 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 26 Jul 2025Places For People 18 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 25 Jul 202515 Seven Sands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BQ
Received 26 Jul 2025Dixons Farm Wigan Road Farington Preston Lancashire PR5 6AS
Received 26 Jul 20254 Stanley Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RB
Received 25 Jul 2025Mount Of Olives Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 27 Jul 2025Marron House 9 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 29 Jul 2025Land To South Of Flag Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TQ
Received 29 Jul 2025Beauty To Infinity 1A Allerton Road Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QD
Received 29 Jul 202520 Highfield Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XA
Received 29 Jul 2025146 Chorley Road Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PA
Received 30 Jul 20251 Castle Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BP
Received 30 Jul 202511 Bispham Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QE
Received 30 Jul 2025142 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 30 Jul 20252 Morris Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3FD
Received 31 Jul 20253 Fowler Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RL
Received 30 Jul 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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