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.
6,987 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 6 Feb 202016 Farleigh Court Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7FJ
Received 6 Feb 2020462 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RY
Received 6 Feb 2020Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 6 Feb 20208 Lilac Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PB
Received 7 Feb 202031 Spring Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LY
Received 7 Feb 2020Fold Farm Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 7 Feb 2020D and F Services Ltd 514 Four Oaks Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BW
Received 10 Feb 2020Preston Scania 514 Four Oaks Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BW
Received 10 Feb 2020Preston Scania 514 Four Oaks Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BW
Received 10 Feb 2020Rosedale Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 10 Feb 2020Hoghton Lane Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JD
Received 11 Feb 2020Hoghton Lane Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JD
Received 11 Feb 20206 Kew Gardens Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QN
Received 11 Feb 20207 Park Farm Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZG
Received 11 Feb 202097 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 11 Feb 2020Simpsons Farm Dark Wood Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RH
Received 12 Feb 2020Higher Seed Lee Farm Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 11 Feb 202038 Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD
Received 12 Feb 202017 Stonefield Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HP
Received 12 Feb 202039 High Meadow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4WR
Received 11 Feb 2020Ashlea 172 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 12 Feb 202024 Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NE
Received 12 Feb 20204 Willow Way New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YQ
Received 13 Feb 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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