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.
6,528 approved · 362 refused · 224 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
227 Liverpool Road Longton Lancashire PR4 5ZB
Received 22 Aug 2018Marsh Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 22 Aug 2018Marsh Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 22 Aug 201851 Cowling Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XP
Received 22 Aug 201886 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZD
Received 22 Aug 2018Land To The Rear Of 247 - 251 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 23 Aug 2018Buena Vista 97 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 23 Aug 2018St Catherines Hospice Lostock Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XU
Received 21 Aug 2018School House Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 23 Aug 2018150 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 23 Aug 201884 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 23 Aug 2018Bakers Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 24 Aug 201850 Glendale Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XY
Received 24 Aug 201815 Conway Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HU
Received 27 Aug 201836 Hall Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3ZD
Received 28 Aug 201821 Mossway New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZQ
Received 29 Aug 2018Unit 14 - 15 Charnley Fold Industrial Estate School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6PS
Received 31 Aug 2018Land Between 222-230 Chapel Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 31 Aug 20186 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3NP
Received 30 Aug 2018Verge Outside All Saints Vicarage Blackburn Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EA
Received 3 Sept 2018Land Adjacent To Banks Farm Station Road Little Hoole Lancashire
Received 4 Sept 2018Jesmond Dene Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 4 Sept 2018276 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JH
Received 4 Sept 201818 The Vinery New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YB
Received 5 Sept 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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