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.
6,496 approved · 360 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 12 Jul 20181 Barn Hey Drive Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QX
Received 12 Jul 2018165 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AH
Received 12 Jul 2018142 Brierley Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AH
Received 12 Jul 2018191 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 13 Jul 20187 Alandale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DX
Received 16 Jul 2018Land Adjacent 323 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Lancashire PR1 9ST
Received 17 Jul 201842 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EJ
Received 17 Jul 20188 Eagleton Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SL
Received 18 Jul 20181 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NA
Received 18 Jul 2018199 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QD
Received 18 Jul 201844 Bannister Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 19 Jul 2018Junction Of Withy Grove Road and Station Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 19 Jul 201819 Studholme Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PA
Received 19 Jul 201892 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 19 Jul 201821 Harlech Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YX
Received 20 Jul 20185 Danesway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TH
Received 20 Jul 20185 Southlands Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XB
Received 20 Jul 20183C Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Preston Lancashire PR7 7NG
Received 18 Jul 201830 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RB
Received 23 Jul 2018AB INBEV UK LIMITED Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 24 Jul 2018Moorfield Six Acre Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SE
Received 24 Jul 20189 The Aspels Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AL
Received 23 Jul 201854 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AJ
Received 24 Jul 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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