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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.
10,183 approved · 577 refused · 397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Hollinhurst Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AG
Received 18 Feb 202636 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RE
Received 19 Feb 20261 Dandy Brook View Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XF
Received 19 Feb 2026OS 1 Cambridge Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LR
Received 20 Feb 2026128 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 20 Feb 2026TPO 2006 No 10 20 Blashaw Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 23 Feb 20268 Penwortham Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YX
Received 24 Feb 2026Land To The North East Of Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ST
Received 24 Feb 202625 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 24 Feb 2026Willow House Startley Nook Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XW
Received 24 Feb 202658 Howick Park Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LS
Received 24 Feb 202661A Bow Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YB
Received 25 Feb 2026120 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 25 Feb 2026Land To The North Of 359 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 25 Feb 202666 Victoria Park Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1UG
Received 25 Feb 2026Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 25 Feb 2026Pleasant View Old Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JQ
Received 25 Feb 2026Rosedale Doodles Kennels Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 26 Feb 20262A Danesway Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UQ
Received 26 Feb 20269 Lowry Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5ND
Received 26 Feb 202612 Mulberry Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LL
Received 26 Feb 202614 Knot Acre New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JB
Received 27 Feb 202618 Far Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FT
Received 27 Feb 2026Jubilee House Centurion Way Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 6TT
Received 27 Feb 2026Records 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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