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.
6,272 approved · 345 refused · 209 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UY
Received 12 Jan 20183 Arundel Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NH
Received 10 Jan 2018Land To The West Of Grasmere Avenue Farington Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 2018Land To The West Of Grasmere Avenue Farington Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 201812 Hazelwood Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RH
Received 15 Jan 2018Land To The West Of Grasmere Avenue Farington Lancashire
Received 15 Jan 201840C Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DQ
Received 15 Jan 201816 Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 15 Jan 2018Land Adjacent 432 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 15 Jan 20185 Park Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AY
Received 15 Jan 20186 Neath Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NE
Received 15 Jan 2018Land Adjacent Barn Flatt Close Higher Walton Lancashire
Received 15 Jan 20184-8 Doodstone Nook Lostock Hall Preston PR5 5AQ
Received 15 Jan 201814 Rosebay Gardens Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BS
Received 16 Jan 201818 Rosebay Gardens Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BS
Received 16 Jan 201840 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JJ
Received 16 Jan 201833 Arrowsmith Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DT
Received 16 Jan 2018Land South Of 89 Langdale Road Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 16 Jan 2018Chapel House Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 17 Jan 201813 Wheelton Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UD
Received 17 Jan 2018Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 18 Jan 2018356 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AA
Received 18 Jan 2018Penwortham Priory Technology College Crow Hills Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JE
Received 18 Jan 20181 Gleneagles Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JT
Received 16 Jan 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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