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.
7,763 approved · 432 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UX
Received 19 Feb 202128 Sunbury Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HR
Received 19 Feb 20216 Middleforth Green Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TB
Received 22 Feb 202132 Seven Sands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BQ
Received 22 Feb 2021150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 22 Feb 2021Land At Bannister Lane Farington Moss Lancashire PR26 6PT
Received 22 Feb 2021Moss View 132 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 22 Feb 2021Hawkstone Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 19 Feb 2021238 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 22 Feb 20212 White Moss Close Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AG
Received 22 Feb 202123 Wellfield Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LQ
Received 22 Feb 2021Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 21 Feb 2021201 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 23 Feb 20213 Loxwood Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NQ
Received 24 Feb 20214 Austin Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3FG
Received 24 Feb 202119 Sherburn Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9NN
Received 24 Feb 20213 Priory Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AL
Received 24 Feb 2021Fairfield Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 22 Feb 2021Tesco Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XE
Received 23 Feb 202182 Sandy Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EE
Received 24 Feb 2021249B Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 24 Feb 202114 Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JT
Received 25 Feb 202115 Parish Gardens Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UF
Received 25 Feb 2021Huntleys County Stores Huntley Gate Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 26 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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