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.
6,512 approved · 361 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Maltings Site Hill Road South Penwortham Lancashire
Received 1 Aug 201835 Pembury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TH
Received 1 Aug 201812 Southlands Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XB
Received 1 Aug 2018Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 30 Jul 2018150 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 2 Aug 2018Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 3 Aug 2018Cricket House Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 3 Aug 201880 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WD
Received 6 Aug 201821 Latimer Drive New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZL
Received 6 Aug 2018114 Fir Trees Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SJ
Received 6 Aug 20181 Pembroke Place Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EH
Received 6 Aug 2018191 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 6 Aug 201810 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 6 Aug 201847 Cann Bridge Street Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DJ
Received 3 Aug 2018Lunds Lane Farm 4 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 7 Aug 2018Former Gas Works Leyland Road Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 7 Aug 2018Park Farm Park Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PY
Received 7 Aug 201859 Cloughfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FF
Received 7 Aug 201818 Camwood Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AU
Received 8 Aug 201822 Fareham Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JX
Received 8 Aug 201823 Osbert Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BN
Received 8 Aug 201829 Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 9 Aug 201886 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 9 Aug 2018Chain House Nursery Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 10 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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