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.
7,655 approved · 428 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Tolsey Drive Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SH
Received 29 Oct 202026 Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JH
Received 29 Oct 2020Van Eyck Intack Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PT
Received 30 Oct 2020Louchrigg 88 Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QS
Received 30 Oct 202010 The Chase Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SW
Received 2 Nov 2020Lostock Hall Medical Centre 410 Leyland Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SA
Received 2 Nov 20206 Leafy Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AG
Received 2 Nov 20208 Shaftesbury Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YA
Received 2 Nov 2020453 Carr Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AU
Received 2 Nov 202014 Meadowcroft Gardens Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BF
Received 3 Nov 20207 Rydal Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RU
Received 3 Nov 2020Land To The Rear Of 74 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YB
Received 3 Nov 2020165 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TE
Received 3 Nov 2020Land At Crownlee Crownlee Penwortham Lancashire
Received 4 Nov 2020Two Acres Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UL
Received 4 Nov 202016 Atlantean Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NW
Received 4 Nov 2020Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 4 Nov 2020Holster Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 5 Nov 2020442 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 5 Nov 202019 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EQ
Received 5 Nov 202057 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TE
Received 5 Nov 2020Land Off Croston Road and Moss Lane Flensburg Way Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 6 Nov 202050 St Gerrards Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TT
Received 6 Nov 20209 Cleveleys Road Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LT
Received 6 Nov 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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