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.
6,715 approved · 377 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
225 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PP
Received 16 Jul 201915 Greenhill Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AG
Received 16 Jul 201916 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 17 Jul 2019TPO 2006 No 8 79 Royalty Avenue New Longton Lancashire
Received 17 Jul 2019Lansdown Garage 150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 17 Jul 201916 Somersby Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LY
Received 17 Jul 2019327 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 17 Jul 201962 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 17 Jul 201941 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DU
Received 17 Jul 201989 Bow Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YB
Received 18 Jul 2019Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 18 Jul 2019Moss Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 18 Jul 2019PLOT 6 Marshalls Brow Middleforth Court Penwortham Lancashire
Received 18 Jul 2019Millbrook Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 18 Jul 201919 Mulberry Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LL
Received 19 Jul 2019Land At Longton ByPass Longton Bypass Longton Lancashire
Received 19 Jul 2019Longton Equestrian Centre Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 19 Jul 201965 Hennel Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LE
Received 19 Jul 2019The Calf Farm Barn Hugh Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 22 Jul 20191 Moss Side Way Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XL
Received 22 Jul 2019Massey Brothers Feeds Limited Mill Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JJ
Received 22 Jul 2019Simpsons Farm Dark Wood Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RH
Received 23 Jul 20195 Birkdale Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YH
Received 23 Jul 2019The Laurels Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 22 Jul 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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