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.
6,760 approved · 378 refused · 236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Beech Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AL
Received 17 Sept 2019Unit 7B The Capitol Centre Capitol Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AW
Received 17 Sept 201947 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 17 Sept 2019Dunbia Preston Limited Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AL
Received 17 Sept 2019Hillthorpe Farm Knoll Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TB
Received 19 Sept 201913 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XE
Received 19 Sept 201939A Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QA
Received 19 Sept 2019Stonehouse Nursery School 90 School Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TU
Received 20 Sept 20194 Priors Oak Cottages Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BE
Received 20 Sept 2019Croft Cottage 64 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JL
Received 20 Sept 2019Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 23 Sept 2019Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 23 Sept 2019Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 23 Sept 2019Unit 4 - 4A Tomlinson Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 23 Sept 2019Telephone Exchange 32 Mounsey Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LT
Received 23 Sept 2019Visitors Centre Hurst Grange Park Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 23 Sept 201916 Rockburgh Crescent Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5RD
Received 24 Sept 201966 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 24 Sept 20197 Rhodesway Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JY
Received 24 Sept 2019Cumberland School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 24 Sept 2019ATS 276 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XL
Received 25 Sept 20191 Hall Croft Head Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SZ
Received 25 Sept 20193 Grove Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AQ
Received 26 Sept 201932 Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RD
Received 26 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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