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.
6,155 approved · 336 refused · 200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Studholme Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ND
Received 7 Dec 20173 Stonebridge Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YN
Received 7 Dec 201752 Woodlands Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2NH
Received 7 Dec 201743 Young Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YE
Received 7 Dec 2017Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 8 Dec 2017Highfield Potter Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EN
Received 8 Dec 20173 Woodcock Estate Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XT
Received 8 Dec 2017442 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 8 Dec 2017Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 8 Dec 2017Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 8 Dec 2017North Star Business Park Tuer Street Leyland Lancashire
Received 6 Dec 20175 Danesway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TH
Received 8 Dec 2017204 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PD
Received 8 Dec 2017Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 11 Dec 2017Brook Street Club 2 - 4 Brook Street Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DU
Received 12 Dec 201712A Birchwood Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QJ
Received 12 Dec 2017Unit 112 Clydesdale Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QS
Received 12 Dec 20177 Victoria Terrace Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2FB
Received 13 Dec 201716 Formby Crescent Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YN
Received 13 Dec 2017136 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 11 Dec 201713 Bow Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YA
Received 14 Dec 2017211 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QD
Received 15 Dec 2017School House Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 18 Dec 2017Lunds Lane Farm 4 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 18 Dec 2017Records 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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