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.
6,754 approved · 378 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Fields Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 4 Sept 201993 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BD
Received 4 Sept 2019Penwortham Mill Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TB
Received 3 Sept 2019Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 5 Sept 20196 Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NE
Received 6 Sept 2019The Dingle Squires Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AJ
Received 6 Sept 2019128 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QJ
Received 6 Sept 201910 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 9 Sept 201951 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4LP
Received 9 Sept 20197 Waverley Drive New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YL
Received 9 Sept 2019ForFarmers 141 Brierley Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AH
Received 10 Sept 201912 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AX
Received 10 Sept 2019Mortimers Yard Talbot Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2ZG
Received 10 Sept 20193A & 3B Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Preston Lancashire PR7 7NG
Received 9 Sept 2019The Poultry Farm Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 9 Sept 2019Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 10 Sept 201984 Severn Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TE
Received 11 Sept 2019The Old Barn Spring Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UX
Received 11 Sept 2019Belmont Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 12 Sept 2019Darwen Side Farm Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UA
Received 12 Sept 2019Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1DH
Received 12 Sept 2019Civic Centre West Paddock Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1DH
Received 12 Sept 2019Blackburn Waste Water Treatment Works Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UY
Received 13 Sept 201949 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DT
Received 16 Sept 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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