Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,142 approved · 334 refused · 199 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Westfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1GX
Received 20 Nov 201776 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 20 Nov 2017Bannister Hall Farm Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 20 Nov 2017106 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 21 Nov 20177 Rawstorne Crescent Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BN
Received 21 Nov 20172 Brookside Cottages Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GA
Received 21 Nov 20176 Neath Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NE
Received 21 Nov 2017Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 22 Nov 2017Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 22 Nov 2017Hall Lane Nursery 14 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 21 Nov 2017Land South Of Orchard Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 22 Nov 2017Edenfield Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 22 Nov 20176 Hough Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2SD
Received 21 Nov 20176 Marl Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XD
Received 22 Nov 2017Oak Trees Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AQ
Received 22 Nov 2017Edenbrace Ltd Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UB
Received 23 Nov 2017Fox and Lion Inn 1 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 23 Nov 2017Co-Op Moss Side Village Centre Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SN
Received 23 Nov 201728A Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 23 Nov 2017Agriculture Building Moss House Lane Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 24 Nov 201744 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TL
Received 24 Nov 201722 Padway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9EL
Received 27 Nov 2017Blackburn Waste Water Treatment Works Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UY
Received 23 Nov 2017103 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QR
Received 27 Nov 2017Records 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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