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.
6,863 approved · 388 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 9 Oct 2019Cuerden Valley Park Wigan Road Farington Lancashire
Received 11 Oct 201918 Applefields Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AZ
Received 11 Oct 201912 Centurion Court Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 3UQ
Received 11 Oct 2019Fields Farm 102 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 11 Oct 201955 Kensington Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EE
Received 11 Oct 201935 Lever House Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XL
Received 16 Oct 20198 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AR
Received 14 Oct 2019Hob Inn 8 - 9 Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 14 Oct 2019Land At Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6GL
Received 14 Oct 2019Stonehouse Nursery School 90 School Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TU
Received 14 Oct 201923 Moorfield Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NW
Received 15 Oct 2019Mayrose House Bezza Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UF
Received 17 Oct 201912 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HU
Received 17 Oct 201911 Meadow Vale Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7JY
Received 18 Oct 2019Land At Junction Of Chain House Lane and Naptha Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 18 Oct 20197 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 21 Oct 2019Brook House Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RP
Received 21 Oct 20199 Princes Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HH
Received 21 Oct 20196 Rushy Hey Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JQ
Received 21 Oct 2019Land Off Grasmere Avenue Farington Lancashire
Received 21 Oct 201936 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 21 Oct 20193 Princes Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DX
Received 22 Oct 201916 Ennerdale Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BX
Received 23 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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