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.
6,612 approved · 370 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Holker Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LS
Received 10 Apr 2019Green Fold Wham Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JS
Received 11 Apr 20192 Moor Cottage Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AT
Received 12 Apr 2019Longcroft Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QN
Received 15 Apr 20194 Birkdale Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YH
Received 12 Apr 2019Rosedale Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 16 Apr 2019Land Adjacent Huntleys Whalley Road Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 16 Apr 201915 Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BD
Received 16 Apr 2019Land At Bezza Nursery Bezza Lane Samlesbury Preston
Received 16 Apr 2019Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 17 Apr 201921 Hurst Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BD
Received 15 Apr 2019The Leyland Sports Association Thurston Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LB
Received 17 Apr 20193 Grove Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AQ
Received 17 Apr 201918 Rosebay Gardens (Plot 39 Barnflatt Close) Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4BS
Received 18 Apr 201949 Far Field Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YQ
Received 18 Apr 20194 Stiles Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FL
Received 18 Apr 2019Pearson House Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TT
Received 16 Apr 2019Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 19 Apr 201923 Broad Oak Green Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XP
Received 19 Apr 2019352 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 22 Apr 2019Massey Brothers Feeds Limited Mill Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JJ
Received 23 Apr 2019308 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HT
Received 23 Apr 201957 Kensington Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EE
Received 24 Apr 2019Walton Hall Croft Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 24 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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