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.
7,624 approved · 425 refused · 281 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
350 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 29 Sept 2020Fair Acre Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 29 Sept 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 28 Sept 2020Spar Stores 148 - 152 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 29 Sept 2020Land Off Oldfield and Long Meadow Oldfield Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 29 Sept 202057 School Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TU
Received 29 Sept 20207 Honeywood Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DJ
Received 30 Sept 2020Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 1 Oct 202014 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 2 Oct 20204 Lunds Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 2 Oct 2020Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 1 Oct 2020222 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 5 Oct 20208 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 5 Oct 202034 Fox Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JQ
Received 6 Oct 202071 Bristol Avenue Farington Lancashire PR25 4GD
Received 6 Oct 20206 Knot Acre New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JB
Received 7 Oct 20204 Simmons Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LX
Received 7 Oct 202045 Ingleborough Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZS
Received 7 Oct 202019 Aldwych Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LF
Received 8 Oct 2020Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 9 Oct 2020Ranch House Farm Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 9 Oct 2020Land Adjacent To 30 Moor Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NE
Received 9 Oct 202046 Bannister Hall Crescent Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EQ
Received 12 Oct 202052 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 12 Oct 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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