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.
6,996 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The West Of Grasmere Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UE
Received 14 Feb 202023 Pear Tree Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AT
Received 14 Feb 202097 Western Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1YE
Received 14 Feb 2020Land At School Lane and Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 17 Feb 2020374A Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 17 Feb 2020372 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SY
Received 17 Feb 20201A Co-Operative Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FH
Received 17 Feb 20202A Birchfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HD
Received 18 Feb 2020Tesco Development Site Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 18 Feb 202017B Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AA
Received 18 Feb 2020Plot 1400 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Lancashire
Received 18 Feb 20207 Kent Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4GR
Received 17 Feb 202011 St Margarets Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XT
Received 18 Feb 2020Job Centre 71 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2RT
Received 19 Feb 20201 White Moss Close Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AG
Received 14 Feb 2020St Teresas Roman Catholic Primary School Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JH
Received 19 Feb 2020Willow Cottage 9 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 19 Feb 2020Fields Farm 102 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 19 Feb 2020167 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AH
Received 19 Feb 20206 Beechway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XS
Received 19 Feb 2020Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 20 Feb 2020Lynwood Hennel Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UL
Received 20 Feb 2020Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 20 Feb 2020235 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 21 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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