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.
6,622 approved · 370 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hunters Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UL
Received 2 May 2019Wellington Park Church Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3AB
Received 2 May 2019Cumberland School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 2 May 2019Cumberland School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 2 May 20191 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NA
Received 2 May 2019B & Q Unit 1 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 1 May 2019South View Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 2 May 2019Hardwick Grange Cop Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 2 May 2019Moss View Farm Wham Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SY
Received 2 May 201922 Butlers Farm Court Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LF
Received 3 May 2019Luvainne Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 3 May 2019Funeral Parlour The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QJ
Received 6 May 2019Edrom Startley Nook Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XW
Received 6 May 2019Orchard End Old Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JQ
Received 7 May 2019Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 8 May 201910 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 8 May 201910 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 8 May 2019Co-Operative Food 75 - 81 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BA
Received 8 May 201914 Wembley Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9UY
Received 8 May 2019Land Between 222 - 230 Chapel Lane New Longton Lancashire
Received 8 May 2019124 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 9 May 2019Buena Vista 97 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 9 May 201933 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DS
Received 9 May 2019Marshalls Brow Middleforth Court Penwortham Lancashire
Received 10 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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