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.
6,607 approved · 370 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Bannister Hall Drive Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DE
Received 29 Mar 2019Barton Dene Heald House Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 5DD
Received 29 Mar 201961 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 29 Mar 2019111 Edward Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FD
Received 1 Apr 2019Waters Edge Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 1 Apr 201935 Moorfield Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NW
Received 2 Apr 2019Land Adjacent Cage Lane Cage Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 2 Apr 20198 Young Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZE
Received 4 Apr 2019Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 5 Apr 201928 Claytongate Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SE
Received 5 Apr 20198 Bank Parade Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HQ
Received 5 Apr 20197 Woodlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JP
Received 5 Apr 201910 The Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XH
Received 8 Apr 20199 Princes Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HH
Received 8 Apr 2019Penwortham Youth and Community Centre Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AR
Received 8 Apr 201974 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 9 Apr 2019The Bungalow Startley Nook Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XW
Received 9 Apr 201931 Turpin Green Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3HA
Received 9 Apr 201978 Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GA
Received 9 Apr 201972 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 10 Apr 201942 Meadows Reach Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XG
Received 9 Apr 2019Land To The Rear Of 106 Dunkirk Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 10 Apr 201952 Far Field Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YQ
Received 10 Apr 201953A Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BE
Received 8 Apr 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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