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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.
10,235 approved · 579 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
129 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ED
Received 14 May 2026Willow House Startley Nook Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XW
Received 14 May 2026192 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HE
Received 14 May 202627 Claytongate Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SE
Received 15 May 2026Bridgeway School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 15 May 2026Bridgeway School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 15 May 2026McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UJ
Received 15 May 2026The Coach House Poplar Grove Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RE
Received 15 May 202621 Rydal Avenue Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RU
Received 16 May 202610 The Vinery New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YB
Received 18 May 2026Prospect House 30 Stricklands Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XU
Received 18 May 2026Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 19 May 2026Kelrose Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 19 May 2026Merlin Diesel Systems 189-191 Bradkirk Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AJ
Received 19 May 2026OS Sherburn Alma Row Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0FB
Received 19 May 20264 Mornington Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XA
Received 20 May 2026Penwortham Girls High School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 20 May 20263 Moorfield Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NW
Received 21 May 2026Ribble View Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 21 May 2026Arnold Clark Ltd Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3GG
Received 21 May 2026Drumbern Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QN
Received 21 May 20267 Nixons Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7LD
Received 21 May 2026Land Off Victoria Road Higher Walton Road Chorley Road and Grove Road Walton-le-Dale PR5 4HP
Received 22 May 2026Leyland Trucks Limited Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6LZ
Received 22 May 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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