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.
6,343 approved · 349 refused · 212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Meadowside Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AP
Received 8 Mar 201877 Withy Trees Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NU
Received 8 Mar 2018Moss View Farm Wham Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SY
Received 8 Mar 2018Land Off Swallow Field Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 8 Mar 2018Expac (preston) Ltd Dunkirk Mill Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 8 Mar 201861 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SJ
Received 8 Mar 2018106 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 21 Feb 2018234 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 9 Mar 201857 Victoria Park Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1UG
Received 7 Mar 2018Peartree Cottage 91 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 9 Mar 20185 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 9 Mar 20181 Broadwood Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XU
Received 12 Mar 2018Two Rivers Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JY
Received 9 Mar 2018Golden Hill Short Stay School Earnshaw Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1QS
Received 12 Mar 2018299 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 13 Mar 2018344 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PN
Received 14 Mar 2018Land At Roundabout Flensburg Way Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 14 Mar 201825 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YA
Received 14 Mar 2018St Catherines Hospice Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XU
Received 14 Mar 2018111 Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JR
Received 15 Mar 2018Lane Ends Farm Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JT
Received 15 Mar 2018Unit 5 Charnley Fold Industrial Estate School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6PS
Received 15 Mar 2018Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 15 Mar 201868 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XX
Received 15 Mar 2018Records 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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