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.
6,425 approved · 355 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 1 Jun 2018Land Adjacent To 22 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AD
Received 1 Jun 2018Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 1 Jun 2018459 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 1 Jun 201824 Meadows Reach Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XG
Received 1 Jun 201810 Brookwood Way Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7GW
Received 4 Jun 201817 Ennerdale Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BX
Received 4 Jun 201817 Langholme Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TL
Received 4 Jun 20189 Stanley Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TD
Received 4 Jun 20186 St Andrews Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BJ
Received 4 Jun 201812 Hazelwood Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RH
Received 6 Jun 2018Woodfield House Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 7 Jun 2018Joyston 10 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 8 Jun 2018Oakmount Day Nursery Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AN
Received 8 Jun 2018Howick Cross Service Station 248 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LY
Received 8 Jun 201827 Formby Crescent Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YN
Received 11 Jun 2018Land North Of Penwortham Sub Station Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 24 May 2018366 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 11 Jun 2018St Andrews Way Leyland Lancashire
Received 11 Jun 201878 Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QS
Received 12 Jun 2018188 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 8 Jun 2018348 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SU
Received 12 Jun 2018Parklands 38 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 13 Jun 201886 Turpin Green Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3HD
Received 13 Jun 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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