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.
7,788 approved · 434 refused · 292 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Lynton Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 4HY
Received 22 Mar 202119 Kingsway West Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JA
Received 22 Mar 2021Glenroyd Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 22 Mar 2021Top Oth Meadow Barn Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LE
Received 22 Mar 2021Land Between255 and 265 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 22 Mar 20219 Great Park Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UN
Received 22 Mar 2021461 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 22 Mar 20215 -8 Old Paddock Gardens Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ET
Received 22 Mar 20214 Grange Drive Hoghton Walton-le-Dale PR5 0LP
Received 23 Mar 202144 Moor Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SE
Received 17 Feb 20215 Ingleborough Way Leyland PR25 4ZS
Received 5 Mar 2021St Saviours Vicarage Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AJ
Received 1 Mar 202134 Seven Sands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BQ
Received 3 Mar 2021Myerscough College Lindle Lane Hutton Lancashire PR4 4AQ
Received 13 Feb 20212 Morris Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3FD
Received 25 Jan 202128 Acorn Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UQ
Received 3 Feb 20217 and 8 Kew Gardens Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QN
Received 23 Mar 202160 Lowther Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QA
Received 20 Jan 202118 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 10 May 2020161 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HE
Received 24 Mar 202183 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 24 Mar 2021Morrisons Supermarket Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 24 Mar 2021Morrisons Supermarket Olympian Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 3UR
Received 24 Mar 20219 Wordsworth Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TU
Received 24 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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