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.
6,426 approved · 356 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ash Meade Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 13 Jun 2018Hardings Garage Marshalls Brow Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HY
Received 13 Jun 201811 Central Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NL
Received 13 Jun 20189 Windsor Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JL
Received 13 Jun 20189 Pear Tree Crescent Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RD
Received 14 Jun 2018Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 15 Jun 201816 Old School Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SS
Received 15 Jun 20181 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NA
Received 15 Jun 20186 Woodlands Way Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HN
Received 15 Jun 2018Land Adjacent To Ribble Bridge House Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AB
Received 15 Jun 2018Balshaw Farm Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 18 Jun 20184 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 18 Jun 2018Dunbia Preston Limited Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AL
Received 18 Jun 2018Rawsthorne House Skip Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LD
Received 18 Jun 2018Lunds Lane Farm 4 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 19 Jun 2018St Catherines Hospice Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XU
Received 19 Jun 201833 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 18 Jun 201837A Kingswood Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TX
Received 19 Jun 2018109 Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TB
Received 20 Jun 201866 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 20 Jun 2018252 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LY
Received 19 Jun 201821 Hayfield Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AU
Received 20 Jun 20188 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HU
Received 18 Jun 201829 Green Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RD
Received 21 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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