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.
6,626 approved · 371 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bungalow Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 10 May 2019398 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 10 May 201914 Sunbury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HR
Received 10 May 2019Blackbrook Hall Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 13 May 201959 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 13 May 201925 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 13 May 20197 Willow Tree Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YA
Received 10 May 20191 Ash Grove Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZR
Received 13 May 2019216 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 13 May 201969 Holland House Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JH
Received 14 May 20199 - 11 Poplar Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6JJ
Received 14 May 2019158 Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PD
Received 15 May 2019Potter Lane Higher Walton Lancashire
Received 13 May 2019Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 15 May 2019Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 16 May 201984 St Cuthberts Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TL
Received 16 May 2019Wellington Park Church Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3AB
Received 16 May 2019Three Oaks Green Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RJ
Received 15 May 2019Side Of No 2 Durham Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AW
Received 17 May 2019Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 17 May 201912 The Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UU
Received 17 May 2019Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YD
Received 17 May 2019135 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2LH
Received 17 May 2019Land Adjacent 96 Stanley Grove Penwortham Lancashire
Received 20 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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