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.
7,042 approved · 397 refused · 244 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mainway Gardens Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 18 May 2020Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 18 May 2020Pearson House Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TT
Received 18 May 202010 Kellet Acre Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JX
Received 18 May 20206 Squires Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JW
Received 18 May 2020All Hallows Roman Catholic High School Crabtree Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LN
Received 19 May 20204 Copper Beech Close Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GF
Received 19 May 2020153 Croston Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR26 6PQ
Received 19 May 20208 Grove Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AQ
Received 20 May 2020Blackburn Waste Water Treatment Works Spring Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UX
Received 21 May 2020272 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 21 May 2020172A Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TD
Received 21 May 2020Whitestake Garage Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JT
Received 21 May 2020493 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 21 May 2020Heatherfield Works Church Lane Farington Moss Leyland PR26 6RD
Received 21 May 202016 Lonsdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BU
Received 22 May 2020150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 22 May 202019 Moorhey Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YQ
Received 25 May 2020Ranworth Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NS
Received 26 May 2020Marsh End Farm Back Lane Longton Preston PR4 5JA
Received 26 May 2020140 Assembly Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NY
Received 27 May 2020150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 27 May 2020Mainway Court Edward Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire PR5 6GJ
Received 28 May 2020152 Parish Gardens Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UT
Received 28 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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