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.
6,939 approved · 394 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moor Hey School Far Croft Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SS
Received 15 Nov 201925 Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NH
Received 15 Nov 201924 Moorfield New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JA
Received 18 Nov 2019Occleshaw House 2 Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 18 Nov 2019Alben Depot Moss Lane Farington Moss Preston Lancashire PR26 6PU
Received 19 Nov 201923 St Clements Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QU
Received 19 Nov 201916 - 18 Sceptre Way Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AW
Received 19 Nov 201945 Young Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YE
Received 19 Nov 2019Gemma Smith Hair Lounge Ground Floor Unit 6 Bridge Court Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5BF
Received 19 Nov 201917 Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston PR5 6BZ
Received 20 Nov 201923B Lindle Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AQ
Received 20 Nov 201914 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 20 Nov 2019Norlec Sheet Metal Limited 87 Bison Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QR
Received 20 Nov 2019Advanced Manufacturing Facility Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 20 Nov 2019Land Adjacent To Rhoden House Rhoden Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 20 Nov 20199 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 21 Nov 201939 High Meadow Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4WR
Received 21 Nov 2019The Red Lion 138 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AU
Received 25 Nov 2019142 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 25 Nov 2019Singletons Cottage Lords Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9UA
Received 25 Nov 201910 Abbotsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BD
Received 25 Nov 201918 Longbrook Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6XE
Received 26 Nov 20199 The Laund Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XX
Received 26 Nov 201955 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 27 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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