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.
6,963 approved · 394 refused · 243 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Mulberry House Rhoden Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SX
Received 3 Jan 2020Apple Tree Barn Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 23 Dec 201926 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XJ
Received 6 Jan 2020Santander 45 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 6 Jan 202041 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 6 Jan 20209 Carleton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QT
Received 3 Jan 2020Fieldside Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 6 Jan 20206 Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EA
Received 7 Jan 2020Pickerings Farm Site Flag Lane Penwortham Lancashire PR1 9TP
Received 7 Jan 2020Pickerings Farm Site Flag Lane Penwortham Lancashire PR1 9TP
Received 7 Jan 2020Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Unit 11 The Capitol Centre Capitol Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AW
Received 7 Jan 2020Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 9 Jan 2020Lincluden Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 9 Jan 202084 Aspendale Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LN
Received 9 Jan 202025 Hugh Barn Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XA
Received 10 Jan 2020Hannings Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 10 Jan 20204 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HL
Received 10 Jan 20203 Stryands Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HD
Received 13 Jan 2020Lelant 25 Stephendale Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZP
Received 13 Jan 2020Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 13 Jan 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 14 Jan 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 14 Jan 202016 Morland Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LU
Received 14 Jan 2020Land Adjacent To Mulberry House Rhoden Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SX
Received 14 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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