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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.
10,021 approved · 562 refused · 395 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 11 Sept 2025Woodfold Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 12 Sept 2025S/O Wham House Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TA
Received 9 Sept 2025ForFarmers 141 Brierley Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AH
Received 12 Sept 2025The Old Barn Spring Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UX
Received 12 Sept 2025162 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HE
Received 12 Sept 202510 Cooper Hill Drive Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HE
Received 13 Sept 2025231 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 15 Sept 202512 Mulberry Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LL
Received 15 Sept 2025The Bungalow Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 15 Sept 20252 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 16 Sept 2025Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 16 Sept 2025Whitestake Farm 247 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 16 Sept 202527 Westgate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LX
Received 16 Sept 2025Duxburys Garden Centre Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 16 Sept 2025Longworth Flag Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TQ
Received 17 Sept 2025Land Adjacent West Paddock Leyland Lancashire PR25 1AG
Received 17 Sept 20255 Wharfedale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BL
Received 17 Sept 202515 Methuen Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JN
Received 18 Sept 202516A and 16B South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 18 Sept 202542 Pasture Field Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7RU
Received 18 Sept 202515 South Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BB
Received 18 Sept 2025Normandie Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JQ
Received 19 Sept 20255 Allington Close Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 19 Sept 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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