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.
6,767 approved · 379 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TJ
Received 26 Sept 20199 The Laund Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XX
Received 26 Sept 201962 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AS
Received 27 Sept 201962 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ER
Received 30 Sept 201927 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 30 Sept 20192 Rydal Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RU
Received 1 Oct 2019Land Off Swallow Field Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 1 Oct 2019Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 1 Oct 2019Brenfield 56 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 1 Oct 2019Land Adjacent To 365 Liverpool Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5JS
Received 2 Oct 2019Cumberland School Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 3 Oct 201987 Western Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YE
Received 3 Oct 2019The Royal Bank Of Scotland 165 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TE
Received 3 Oct 201961 Central Park Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BW
Received 4 Oct 2019Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 4 Oct 2019Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 7 Oct 2019Pearson House Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TT
Received 7 Oct 201962 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BB
Received 8 Oct 2019Leyland Trucks Limited Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6LZ
Received 8 Oct 2019Fern Bank 138 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 9 Oct 20194 Round Acre Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9UB
Received 9 Oct 2019Land At Suffolk Close Leyland Lancashire
Received 9 Oct 2019Ash Meade Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 8 Oct 201930 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XX
Received 9 Oct 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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