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.
7,641 approved · 428 refused · 282 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DA
Received 16 Oct 2020367 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 16 Oct 2020Land Off Titan Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 16 Oct 2020195 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1XJ
Received 15 Oct 2020Land North West Of Carr Lane Farington Lancashire
Received 19 Oct 20207 Avalwood Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FD
Received 19 Oct 2020Budweiser Brewing Company Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 19 Oct 2020Hurst Grange Coach House Hurst Grange Park Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 19 Oct 2020Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 20 Oct 20201 Moss Side Way Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XL
Received 20 Oct 2020Church Farm Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 20 Oct 202062 Liverpool Road Longton Lancashire PR4 5HA
Received 20 Oct 202062 Liverpool Road Longton Lancashire PR4 5HA
Received 20 Oct 202035 Albany Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TX
Received 21 Oct 2020Church Farm Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 21 Oct 2020The Bungalows Park Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AY
Received 21 Oct 2020Mainway Gardens Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6HR
Received 21 Oct 202061 Church Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AA
Received 21 Oct 202021 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 21 Oct 202065 Hennel Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LE
Received 22 Oct 2020New Mill Wesley Street Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 9 Oct 2020Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 23 Oct 2020Bamber Bridge Leisure Centre Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YJ
Received 23 Oct 202014 Bishopsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HU
Received 23 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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