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.
6,614 approved · 370 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
4-6 Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TL
Received 24 Apr 2019287 Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QD
Received 24 Apr 20196 Hough Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2SD
Received 25 Apr 2019Peartree Cottage 91 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 25 Apr 201935 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UY
Received 26 Apr 2019111 Edward Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FD
Received 29 Apr 2019Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 29 Apr 201950 Moor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NE
Received 29 Apr 20195 Maple Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RA
Received 29 Apr 201920 Barnfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GE
Received 30 Apr 2019224 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JH
Received 29 Apr 2019265 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XL
Received 30 Apr 201910 Doodstone Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TX
Received 1 May 201994 Old Hall Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FX
Received 1 May 201925 Greencroft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LA
Received 1 May 20193 Bannister Hall Drive Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DE
Received 1 May 20198 Lyndale Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UU
Received 1 May 201987 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 1 May 201964 Howick Park Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LX
Received 1 May 201999 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ET
Received 1 May 20191 Gleneagles Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JT
Received 29 Apr 201913 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 2 May 201915 Cypress Grove Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BB
Received 2 May 2019338 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PN
Received 2 May 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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