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.
6,958 approved · 394 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crystal Clean Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JN
Received 17 Dec 20194 Alcester Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XN
Received 17 Dec 201917 Parkgate Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1BU
Received 18 Dec 2019166 Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PD
Received 18 Dec 2019Sumners Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 19 Dec 201910 Lyndale Grove Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XX
Received 19 Dec 2019453 Carr Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AU
Received 19 Dec 2019Hutton Grammar School Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 19 Dec 201927 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 12 Dec 2019Apple Tree Barn Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 20 Dec 201982 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 23 Dec 2019Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 23 Dec 201966 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 23 Dec 2019Oakmount Day Nursery Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AN
Received 24 Dec 201910 Bank Parade Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HQ
Received 24 Dec 2019Solace Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 24 Dec 2019Solace Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 24 Dec 2019266 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 25 Dec 2019Solace Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 25 Dec 2019Peartree Cottage 91 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 30 Dec 2019Peartree Cottage 91 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 2 Jan 2020Tesco Development Site Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 27 Dec 20192 Rydal Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RU
Received 2 Jan 202064 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AT
Received 3 Jan 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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