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.
7,040 approved · 397 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Cleveleys Road Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LT
Received 5 May 2020Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 5 May 2020Lostock Hall Medical Centre 410 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SA
Received 6 May 202038 Bent Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HQ
Received 7 May 20205 Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EA
Received 7 May 2020350 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 8 May 2020Plot 1400 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Lancashire
Received 7 May 20206 Greenway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0TD
Received 11 May 2020Moss Lea 38 Todd Lane South Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XE
Received 11 May 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 12 May 202012 Atlantean Drive Leyland PR25 3NW
Received 11 May 202014 Hornby Croft Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7UT
Received 12 May 2020238 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 12 May 20208 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AX
Received 13 May 202059 Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QA
Received 13 May 2020McKenzie Arms Site Station Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 13 May 2020Land Adjacent To Autoy Limited Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DZ
Received 14 May 2020Vickers Croft Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 14 May 2020120 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 14 May 2020Caprice Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR4 4LJ
Received 14 May 2020210 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JU
Received 15 May 2020The Sandpipers Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 15 May 2020South Ribble Enterprise Park Winery Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4BG
Received 15 May 2020Parklands 38 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 18 May 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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