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.
6,586 approved · 369 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Borrowdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AU
Received 14 Feb 2019Land Adjacent To 136 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire
Received 15 Feb 2019Land Adjacent To 92 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7PB
Received 15 Feb 2019Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 15 Feb 201978 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EE
Received 15 Feb 20192 - 4 Spinners Square Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EQ
Received 18 Feb 20199 - 11 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 19 Feb 2019242 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JH
Received 19 Feb 2019The Laurels Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 20 Feb 2019216 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 20 Feb 20194 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 20 Feb 201944 Bannister Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 21 Feb 2019173 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 20 Feb 2019Southview 72 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 22 Feb 20194 Little Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YL
Received 25 Feb 20196 Little Acre Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AP
Received 25 Feb 2019Land On The North West Side Of Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 25 Feb 20192 Howick Park Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LT
Received 25 Feb 20197 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 26 Feb 2019125 Croston Road Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PR
Received 26 Feb 2019Telecommunications Mast, Hopwood St Off Club Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 26 Feb 201947 Fareham Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JX
Received 26 Feb 20193 Ambleside Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RS
Received 26 Feb 2019Land Off Wheelton Lane Farington Lancashire
Received 25 Feb 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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