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.
7,730 approved · 431 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
29 Giller Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LT
Received 28 Jan 2021152 Parish Gardens Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UT
Received 28 Jan 202126 Sandringham Park Drive New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZS
Received 28 Jan 20216 Riverbank Gardens Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7AU
Received 28 Jan 2021BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 29 Jan 20212 Cottage Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YA
Received 29 Jan 202119 Rosewood Drive Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ER
Received 29 Jan 2021The Fields Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 29 Jan 202115 Fieldings Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DG
Received 29 Jan 2021Mill Hey Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 29 Jan 202113 Green Gate Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FH
Received 29 Jan 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 29 Jan 2021Marsh End Farm Back Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JA
Received 1 Feb 2021Knights Farm Green Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RJ
Received 1 Feb 20215 Allington Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 2 Feb 202139 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 2 Feb 202141 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 2 Feb 20211 Lime Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PL
Received 2 Feb 2021478 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 2 Feb 2021478 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 2 Feb 202132 Guernsey Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AH
Received 2 Feb 202174 Hedgerows Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7JQ
Received 3 Feb 2021Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 3 Feb 2021Land Adjacent 3 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 3 Feb 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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