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.
7,007 approved · 396 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacted To Bridgend Church Lane Whitestake Preston PR4 4LH
Received 12 Mar 2020Blackburn Waste Water Treatment Works Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UY
Received 12 Mar 2020Land Adjacent 350 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 16 Mar 202020 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EJ
Received 16 Mar 20209 Riverside Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RQ
Received 16 Mar 2020Hob Inn 8 - 9 Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 16 Mar 202080 Stanifield Lane Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 4GA
Received 16 Mar 20209 - 11 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 16 Mar 2020Land Off Oldfield and Long Meadow Oldfield Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 17 Mar 2020Woodlands Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 17 Mar 20204 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 17 Mar 20203 Clifton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XL
Received 17 Mar 202013 Clovelly Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QX
Received 18 Mar 20207 Little Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YL
Received 18 Mar 2020Penwortham Residential Park Stricklands Lane Penwortham Lancashire
Received 18 Mar 2020Land To The Rear Of 28 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DR
Received 18 Mar 2020Aspden Fold Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 18 Mar 2020The Old School House Church Brow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 19 Mar 202055 Withy Trees Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NU
Received 19 Mar 202059 Lowther Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QA
Received 19 Mar 2020St Michaels Church Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 19 Mar 2020173 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JE
Received 19 Mar 2020169 Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 20 Mar 202018 Church Brow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BH
Received 20 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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