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.
6,571 approved · 368 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tuson Farm Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 21 Dec 20182 Sumner Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LD
Received 24 Dec 2018Oakland Farm Hollins Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 8LJ
Received 3 Jan 2019105 St Annes Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XS
Received 3 Jan 201961 - 63 Liverpool Road Penwortham Lancashire PR1 9XD
Received 3 Jan 201958 New Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JJ
Received 4 Jan 201958 New Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JJ
Received 4 Jan 201917 Withy Trees Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6WT
Received 7 Jan 20197 Higher Furlong Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QB
Received 7 Jan 201919 Brackenbury Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5NB
Received 7 Jan 2019425 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TA
Received 7 Jan 201950 Hampshire Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NH
Received 9 Jan 20198 Lyndale Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UU
Received 9 Jan 2019Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 10 Jan 2019Glenavon Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 10 Jan 2019Avondale Dob Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 4SU
Received 10 Jan 201912 Alcester Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XN
Received 11 Jan 2019E H Booth And Co Millbrook Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XW
Received 11 Jan 2019Pilots Cottage Farm Grange Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JD
Received 11 Jan 201944 Aspendale Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LN
Received 11 Jan 2019Pear Tree Farm 247 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 11 Jan 20197 Abbey Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BE
Received 14 Jan 201910 Alandale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DX
Received 14 Jan 201910 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 14 Jan 2019Records 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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