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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.
10,028 approved · 562 refused · 395 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Stockwood Park Court Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7JJ
Received 19 Sept 2025Land Adjacent To 26 Newgate Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 19 Sept 20252 Poplar Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QX
Received 19 Sept 2025156 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 19 Sept 2025360 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 20 Sept 2025All Saints Church Blackburn Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EA
Received 22 Sept 2025All Saints Church Blackburn Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EA
Received 22 Sept 2025Holme Farm Cottage 72 Moss Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SH
Received 22 Sept 2025348 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 22 Sept 2025White Gables Poplar Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PA
Received 23 Sept 20251 Lanedale Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AY
Received 23 Sept 20257 Pembroke Place Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EH
Received 23 Sept 2025168 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 23 Sept 2025Oakdene Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 24 Sept 202510 Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UX
Received 24 Sept 2025Farington Lodge Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QR
Received 24 Sept 2025Domestic Garden Connected With 513 LEYLAND LANE LEYLAND PR25 1LA
Received 24 Sept 2025Hunters Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UL
Received 25 Sept 2025321 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 25 Sept 2025Farington Chase 394 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 25 Sept 2025109A Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AB
Received 26 Sept 20253 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 26 Sept 2025101 - 101A Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 26 Sept 202565 Withy Grove Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NX
Received 28 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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