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.
7,683 approved · 430 refused · 285 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Tower View Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 26 Nov 2020109 Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SE
Received 27 Nov 20207 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 27 Nov 2020280 Carnfield Place Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AN
Received 27 Nov 2020Newlands Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 27 Nov 2020348 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EL
Received 30 Nov 20206 Sandringham Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QN
Received 30 Nov 202068 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SP
Received 30 Nov 202015 Heatherleigh Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QF
Received 30 Nov 202013 Glenway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AJ
Received 30 Nov 2020Plantation Royalty Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JN
Received 30 Nov 202036 Long Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AB
Received 30 Nov 2020Fair Acre Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 30 Nov 202017 Pembury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TH
Received 30 Nov 20208 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 30 Nov 20206 Brantwood Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3PF
Received 1 Dec 202014 Glenway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AJ
Received 1 Dec 2020Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 1 Dec 202061 Howick Park Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LS
Received 2 Dec 2020232 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TA
Received 2 Dec 2020Unit 4 - 4A Tomlinson Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 2 Dec 2020493 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 2 Dec 202080-86 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 2 Dec 2020The Shires 191B Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 3 Dec 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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