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.
6,522 approved · 362 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blackbrook Hall Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 10 Aug 2018Blackbrook Hall Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 10 Aug 201817 Withy Grove Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NX
Received 10 Aug 20181 The Wordens Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DA
Received 10 Aug 20181 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NA
Received 10 Aug 2018South Preston Office Village Cuerden Way Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 13 Aug 201815 Cambridge Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LR
Received 14 Aug 201871 Lourdes Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TB
Received 17 Aug 2018The Water Tower 2 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 17 Aug 2018St Marys Church Hall Cop Lane Penwortham Preston
Received 17 Aug 2018Knights Farm Green Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RJ
Received 15 Aug 201811A Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 17 Aug 201865 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UX
Received 20 Aug 2018308 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 20 Aug 201886 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 20 Aug 20185 Woodlands Way Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HN
Received 20 Aug 201820 Park Way Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YB
Received 20 Aug 2018283 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DP
Received 20 Aug 20183 Woodcock Estate Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XT
Received 20 Aug 2018Land At 448 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PJ
Received 20 Aug 2018Land To Rear Of 61 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 20 Aug 2018Alben Depot Moss Lane Farington Moss Preston Lancashire PR26 6PU
Received 21 Aug 2018Worden Arts and Crafts Centre Worden Park Leyland Lancashire PR25 1DJ
Received 21 Aug 20185 Camwood Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AU
Received 21 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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