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.
6,398 approved · 351 refused · 219 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
135 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AB
Received 20 Apr 2018Land To The Rear Of 74 Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 20 Apr 201820 Redwood Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RN
Received 20 Apr 20184 Huntley Woods Farm Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LE
Received 23 Apr 2018Kinrhos 23 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 19 Apr 201821 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 23 Apr 201828 Westfield Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LB
Received 23 Apr 20181 Forest Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5QX
Received 24 Apr 2018146 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HD
Received 24 Apr 20187 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 24 Apr 201832 Bannister Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 24 Apr 201818 Prospect Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BH
Received 25 Apr 201847 Cann Bridge Street Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DJ
Received 26 Apr 201863 Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4BP
Received 27 Apr 20186 Mossfield Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AG
Received 27 Apr 201815 Worcester Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JN
Received 27 Apr 201814 Park Avenue Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QL
Received 30 Apr 2018Oakland Farm Hollins Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 8LJ
Received 28 Apr 201823 Allerton Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QD
Received 30 Apr 2018117 Croston Road Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PR
Received 30 Apr 201885 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 1 May 2018Cedar Croft Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 1 May 201844 Liverpool Road Penwortham Lancashire PR1 0DQ
Received 1 May 201844 Liverpool Road Penwortham Lancashire PR1 0DQ
Received 1 May 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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