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.
6,547 approved · 365 refused · 224 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 22 Oct 2018128 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0US
Received 22 Oct 201819 South Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BB
Received 22 Oct 2018Aspden Fold Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 22 Oct 2018Turbary House Nursery Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 23 Oct 2018Penny Barn Carr Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TH
Received 23 Oct 201827 & 29 Dale Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YJ
Received 23 Oct 201824 Beechway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XS
Received 24 Oct 20183 Broadwood Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XU
Received 24 Oct 2018129 Brookfield Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BF
Received 26 Oct 2018Knocknalling Farm 6 Fidler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RB
Received 26 Oct 20182 Moor Cottage Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AT
Received 26 Oct 20185 Kew Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DR
Received 29 Oct 2018Unichem Dodd Way Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BX
Received 29 Oct 201814 Liverpool Road Penwortham Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 30 Oct 2018Land To The West Of Grasmere Avenue Farington Lancashire
Received 30 Oct 2018New Mill Wesley Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NP
Received 30 Oct 2018201 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JE
Received 1 Nov 2018Rowena 126 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 1 Nov 201823 Rockburgh Crescent Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RD
Received 1 Nov 2018Wellington Park Church Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3AB
Received 1 Nov 2018Peartree Cottage 91 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 2 Nov 201812 Coupe Green Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JR
Received 2 Nov 201843 Tillage Close Walmer Bridge Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5BZ
Received 5 Nov 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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