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.
6,967 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Smithy Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GN
Received 15 Jan 20207 Fairfield Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2NA
Received 15 Jan 20202 Maple Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YB
Received 16 Jan 202050 Barnfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GE
Received 16 Jan 2020McDonalds Churchill Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3LZ
Received 16 Jan 2020Red Hair Company 5 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AR
Received 16 Jan 202066 Northlands Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XR
Received 15 Jan 202035 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UY
Received 17 Jan 2020Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 17 Jan 2020Samlesbury Aerodrome Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 17 Jan 2020Goosefoot Barn Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 17 Jan 2020Hill View Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 17 Jan 202013 Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 17 Jan 2020Tithe Barn Farm Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NR
Received 17 Jan 202080 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 20 Jan 2020Mainway Court Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6GJ
Received 20 Jan 2020141 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GB
Received 20 Jan 20206 Old Hall Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FX
Received 20 Jan 202022 Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 20 Jan 2020Hillthorpe Farm Knoll Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TB
Received 20 Jan 202044 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AS
Received 20 Jan 202010 Ryddingwood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EN
Received 20 Jan 2020398 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 20 Jan 202093 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 18 Jan 2020Records 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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