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.
6,929 approved · 394 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Rookery Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LX
Received 5 Nov 201945 Arrowsmith Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0DT
Received 5 Nov 2019Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 6 Nov 2019Land Adjacent Northview Startley Nook Whitestake Lancashire
Received 1 Nov 201937A Kingswood Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TX
Received 6 Nov 20194 Hodder Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6WA
Received 6 Nov 2019216 Leyland Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1XH
Received 6 Nov 2019Upper Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 7 Nov 201914 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 7 Nov 2019Advanced Manufacturing Facility Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 7 Nov 2019Unit 32 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QN
Received 8 Nov 2019365 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TA
Received 8 Nov 20195 Westfield Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AT
Received 11 Nov 201936 Greencroft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LA
Received 12 Nov 2019Holmfirth 43 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RP
Received 12 Nov 201955 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 25 Sept 2019TPO 2005 No 19 Adjacent 308 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 12 Nov 2019Total Polyfilm Limited 95 Seedlee Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AE
Received 13 Nov 2019The Bungalow Startley Nook Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XW
Received 13 Nov 2019Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 14 Nov 201914 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AR
Received 14 Nov 2019Expac (preston) Ltd Dunkirk Mill Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 14 Nov 2019Land Adjacent To Brookfield 66 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 14 Nov 2019Leyland Business Park Centurion Way Farington Preston Lancashire PR25 3GR
Received 14 Nov 2019Records 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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