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.
7,724 approved · 431 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rhoden House Rhoden Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SX
Received 20 Jan 2021Rear Of 128 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 20 Jan 202114 Meadowcroft Gardens Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BF
Received 20 Jan 202130 Formby Crescent Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YN
Received 20 Jan 2021River Ribble Riverside Road Penwortham Lancashire
Received 20 Jan 2021128 Bristol Avenue Farington Lancashire PR25 4GD
Received 20 Jan 2021Land Adjecent 30 Moor Avenue Penwortham Lancashire
Received 20 Jan 202112 Westfield Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AT
Received 20 Jan 2021Ribble Park Lodge 150 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 22 Jan 2021Woodlands Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 22 Jan 202187 Withy Trees Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NU
Received 22 Jan 2021Lesser Marsh Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 22 Jan 202191 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZA
Received 22 Jan 2021Former Gas Works Leyland Road Lostock Hall Lancashire
Received 25 Jan 2021200 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SP
Received 25 Jan 2021281 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SY
Received 25 Jan 20211 Lady Acre Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6XN
Received 25 Jan 202170 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 25 Jan 2021Land South Of 89 Langdale Road Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 25 Jan 2021Naptha Farm Naptha Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JY
Received 25 Jan 20212 Fieldings Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DG
Received 26 Jan 2021120 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HB
Received 26 Jan 202130A Clough Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LQ
Received 26 Jan 2021The Conifers Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 28 Jan 2021Records 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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