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.
6,641 approved · 371 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
29 Saxon Place Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9RW
Received 29 May 2019Blakedale Limited Unit D3 - D4 Binary Court Western Avenue Matrix Park Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NB
Received 29 May 201918 Paradise Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7ST
Received 29 May 2019Penwortham Girls High School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 30 May 201986 Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QR
Received 30 May 20191 - 3 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QH
Received 29 May 201925 Turpin Green Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3HA
Received 30 May 20192 Marine Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AP
Received 31 May 2019La Vena Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UN
Received 31 May 201965 Moss Side Way Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XU
Received 3 Jun 201915 Old School Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SS
Received 3 Jun 201920 Victoria Park Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1UG
Received 3 Jun 2019Blackbrook Hall Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 3 Jun 2019Land At Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6GL
Received 3 Jun 2019The Water Tower 2 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 3 Jun 2019The Water Tower 2 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 3 Jun 2019Agriculture Building Moss House Lane Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 4 Jun 2019150 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 3 Jun 2019Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 4 Jun 2019Middleforth Hall Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 5 Jun 2019Middleforth Hall Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 5 Jun 2019Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 5 Jun 2019Land At Claytongate Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SE
Received 4 Jun 2019Land Adjacent To Linden Lea Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 5 Jun 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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