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.
7,005 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
212 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AB
Received 6 Mar 2020Samlesbury Weir Adjacent Brockholes Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire PR5 0UH
Received 6 Mar 2020Grange Side Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JE
Received 6 Mar 20209 Longfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TB
Received 9 Mar 2020Homestead Farm 58 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 9 Mar 2020102 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LD
Received 9 Mar 202023 Riverside Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ES
Received 6 Mar 202056 Moorhey Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SS
Received 9 Mar 202016 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 9 Mar 2020Land Adjacent Banks Farm Station Road Little Hoole Lancashire
Received 10 Mar 2020Dr Oetker (UK) Limited 20 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QN
Received 11 Mar 2020Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 11 Mar 202019 Cromwell Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SB
Received 11 Mar 202056 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XS
Received 11 Mar 2020Agricultural Building Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 11 Mar 202031 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XH
Received 11 Mar 20205 Medway Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AF
Received 11 Mar 2020Site Of Former Mainway Court Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6GJ
Received 12 Mar 2020Mainway Court Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6GJ
Received 12 Mar 20209 - 11 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 12 Mar 2020Hob Inn 8 - 9 Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 12 Mar 2020Land Adjacent To 136 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire
Received 12 Mar 20201 Longton Hall Court Longton Preston PR4 5EA
Received 12 Mar 202010 Central Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NL
Received 12 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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