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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Ribble Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,786 approved · 432 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Kensington Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BA
Received 12 Mar 2021Land At Olive Farm and Land North Of Methuen Drive Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JD
Received 11 Mar 2021Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 12 Mar 2021Grosvenor Garage Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JS
Received 15 Mar 202129 Clifford Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BJ
Received 15 Mar 202122 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 15 Mar 202121 Crawford Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EN
Received 15 Mar 202133 Lyndale Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UU
Received 15 Mar 202110 Stratfield Place Leyland Lancashire PR25 3PY
Received 15 Mar 20212 Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TL
Received 16 Mar 20214 Long Meadow Mellor Brook Blackburn BB2 7NX
Received 16 Mar 202134 Fox Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JQ
Received 15 Mar 20217 Riverway Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XW
Received 17 Mar 2021154 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZH
Received 17 Mar 202174 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YB
Received 17 Mar 2021Land East Of Walton Hall Folly Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 17 Mar 202121 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 17 Mar 202122 Prospect Avenue Lostock Hall PR5 5BH
Received 18 Mar 2021Dr Oetker 20 Marathon Place Leyland PR26 7QN
Received 18 Mar 2021Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 19 Mar 2021Ghyll View Farm Gill Lane Longton PR4 4ST
Received 19 Mar 2021Ghyll View Farm Gill Lane Longton PR4 4ST
Received 19 Mar 2021Ghyll View Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 19 Mar 202112 Doodstone Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TX
Received 22 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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