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.
6,421 approved · 355 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UX
Received 24 May 20187 Magnolia Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PS
Received 24 May 201869 Coupe Green Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JR
Received 24 May 201825 Brownedge Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TA
Received 24 May 2018Land To The Rear Of 3 and 5 Orchard Lane Longton Lancashire
Received 25 May 20182 - 4 Spinners Square Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EQ
Received 25 May 20182 - 4 Spinners Square Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EQ
Received 25 May 2018Scout Headquarters Mornington Road Penwortham Lancashire
Received 25 May 2018Scout Headquarters Mornington Road Penwortham Lancashire
Received 25 May 2018Heatherfield Works Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 29 May 201821A Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JD
Received 29 May 201826 Renshaw Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RA
Received 29 May 201820 Seven Stars Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1AL
Received 29 May 2018107 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 30 May 20181 Felton Way Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GD
Received 30 May 2018192 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 30 May 20188 Belle Field Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SD
Received 30 May 20185 Yewlands Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TN
Received 30 May 201820 Avondale Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BQ
Received 29 May 2018Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 30 May 201852 Talbot Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QX
Received 29 May 201828 Bristol Avenue Farington Lancashire PR25 4QP
Received 30 May 201821 Meadoway Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BB
Received 31 May 20183 School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JS
Received 2 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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