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.
7,780 approved · 432 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HD
Received 4 Mar 2021127 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UP
Received 4 Mar 20212 Lostock Boulevard Farington Moss Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6QG
Received 4 Mar 20211 Appletree Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LP
Received 5 Mar 202115 Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 8 Mar 202135 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SB
Received 9 Mar 2021315 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YJ
Received 8 Mar 20212 Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TL
Received 9 Mar 202146 Fox Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JQ
Received 9 Mar 202110 Holland Avenue Walton-le-Dale PR5 4RJ
Received 5 Mar 20218 Manor Avenue Penwortham Preston PR1 0XE
Received 9 Mar 202152 Canberra Road Leyland PR25 3ER
Received 9 Mar 20218 Round Acre Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UR
Received 9 Mar 2021196A Croston Road Farrington Moss Farington PR26 6PP
Received 9 Mar 2021Howick Hall Farm Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NS
Received 10 Mar 2021236 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TA
Received 10 Mar 2021125 Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UP
Received 10 Mar 202123A Central Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NL
Received 10 Mar 2021Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 11 Mar 2021Hoole Village Memorial Hall Community Centre Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 11 Mar 20216 Spinney Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JF
Received 11 Mar 2021Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 12 Mar 20216 Nelson Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EE
Received 12 Mar 202112 School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JS
Received 12 Mar 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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