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.
6,391 approved · 351 refused · 217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Spey Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RU
Received 13 Apr 2018Land Adjacent To 11 Oakland Street Oakland Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 13 Apr 2018125 Durham Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AY
Received 13 Apr 20181 Heys Hunt Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UG
Received 13 Apr 20187 Hayfield Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0BA
Received 16 Apr 20189-15 Carr Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6TY
Received 16 Apr 201869 Holland House Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JH
Received 16 Apr 201842 Cromwell Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AT
Received 16 Apr 20188 Nixons Court Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7LD
Received 16 Apr 2018131 Broadfield Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1LD
Received 17 Apr 20185 Maple Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RA
Received 17 Apr 201860 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 17 Apr 201811 Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 17 Apr 2018Land At Moss House Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 17 Apr 201816 Blackberry Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LQ
Received 17 Apr 201882 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 17 Apr 201848 Marsh Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PL
Received 18 Apr 2018Land Adjacent To 136 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire
Received 17 Apr 201851 Green Hey Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QH
Received 18 Apr 2018Land To The Rear Of Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 17 Apr 201824 Cartmell Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LN
Received 19 Apr 201852 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 19 Apr 201833 Victoria Street Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RA
Received 19 Apr 201811 Mossway New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZQ
Received 20 Apr 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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