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.
6,578 approved · 368 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
12 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR26 8PH
Received 23 Jan 2019BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 23 Jan 2019110 Leyland Road Penwortham Lancashire PR1 9QJ
Received 22 Jan 2019Land Off Swallow Field Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 24 Jan 2019Land Off Swallow Field Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 24 Jan 2019261 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NA
Received 25 Jan 20198 Young Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZE
Received 25 Jan 2019205 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HS
Received 25 Jan 201974 Kensington Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EE
Received 24 Jan 2019South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 28 Jan 2019350 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 28 Jan 201934 Turner Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LW
Received 28 Jan 2019Places For People 18 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 28 Jan 20197 Orchard Gardens Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HG
Received 28 Jan 2019Hill View Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 29 Jan 2019Hoole Village Memorial Hall Community Centre 94 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 22 Jan 2019New Mill Wesley Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 29 Jan 2019Land Adjacent Longton Victory Memorial Sports and Social Club Victory Lane Longton Lancashire
Received 29 Jan 2019Woodlands Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 29 Jan 2019Land Between 2 and 3 Townley Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 30 Jan 2019Land Between 2 and 3 Townley Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 30 Jan 2019The Paddocks Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 28 Jan 2019Land To The Rear Of 123 Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TB
Received 29 Jan 2019Land Adjacent To Linden Lea Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 30 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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