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.
7,003 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Odell Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4ND
Received 20 Feb 2020133 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LH
Received 24 Feb 2020The Bungalow Poplar Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PA
Received 24 Feb 2020Wendover Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 24 Feb 20207 Appleby Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0BE
Received 25 Feb 202014 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 25 Feb 202011 West View Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DL
Received 26 Feb 20203 Blake Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LY
Received 21 Feb 202025 Bannister Hall Crescent Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EQ
Received 27 Feb 2020Clare Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 27 Feb 2020Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 2 Mar 2020276 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston PR5 0JH
Received 2 Mar 20201 Lime Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PL
Received 3 Mar 2020The Hideaway Unit 6 Bridge Court Liverpool Old Road Little Hoole PR4 5BF
Received 3 Mar 202010 Bank Parade Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HQ
Received 3 Mar 2020136 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 3 Mar 202054 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 3 Mar 202083 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 4 Mar 2020Funeral Parlour The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QJ
Received 4 Mar 202033 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ER
Received 4 Mar 2020Brookfield 66 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 5 Mar 202054 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 3 Mar 2020Staintons Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RQ
Received 5 Mar 2020255 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AB
Received 5 Mar 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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