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.
6,730 approved · 377 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Morley Croft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QS
Received 8 Aug 2019Dr Oetker (UK) Limited 20 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QN
Received 8 Aug 201914 Liverpool Road Penwortham Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 8 Aug 2019Longton Equestrian Centre Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 8 Aug 2019120 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QJ
Received 8 Aug 201941 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 8 Aug 2019Land Adjacent To Alpha Building Walton Summit Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AP
Received 9 Aug 2019Our Lady and St Gerards Roman Catholic Primary School Lourdes Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TB
Received 9 Aug 2019Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 9 Aug 2019Lower Marsh Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 12 Aug 201911A Wham Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XB
Received 13 Aug 2019Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 13 Aug 2019Land At School Lane and Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 14 Aug 201933 Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 13 Aug 201965 Bluebell Way Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6XQ
Received 14 Aug 2019Conlon Bros Charnley Fold Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QJ
Received 15 Aug 201999 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ET
Received 15 Aug 2019Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 16 Aug 201983 Alpine Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LG
Received 16 Aug 2019Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 16 Aug 2019Land To South East Of Nutters Platt Farm Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 16 Aug 2019Withy Grove Veterinary Clinic 37 - 39 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QR
Received 19 Aug 201986 Windsor Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QH
Received 19 Aug 2019Eagle and Child Hotel 30 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 20 Aug 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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