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.
6,502 approved · 360 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Pinewood Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SP
Received 25 Jul 2018Gabbotts Barn Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 25 Jul 2018125 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 24 Jul 2018Land Adjacent Woodside Woodside Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 25 Jul 201843 Tillage Close Walmer Bridge Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5BZ
Received 25 Jul 201856 Howick Park Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LU
Received 24 Jul 2018Newlands Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AN
Received 27 Jul 2018212 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AE
Received 27 Jul 201819 Spinney Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JF
Received 27 Jul 2018Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 30 Jul 20184 Partridge Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BW
Received 30 Jul 201835 Marlborough Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QU
Received 30 Jul 201820 Fareham Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JX
Received 30 Jul 201857 Mounsey Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LS
Received 30 Jul 20184 Silverdale Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LQ
Received 30 Jul 20185 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XJ
Received 30 Jul 20187 Barn Flatt Close Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HW
Received 31 Jul 201827 Abbotts Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NU
Received 31 Jul 201832 Moorfield Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NW
Received 31 Jul 20183 Dunkirk Mews Leyland Lancashire PR25 1AW
Received 31 Jul 201814 Pendlebury Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YT
Received 30 Jul 201856 Bow Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YB
Received 1 Aug 2018Hannings Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 1 Aug 2018The Maltings Site Hill Road South Penwortham Lancashire
Received 1 Aug 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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