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.
7,797 approved · 435 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Lyndale Avenue Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UU
Received 6 Apr 202176 - 78 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LR
Received 1 Apr 202130 Holland House Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JG
Received 6 Apr 202111 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 6 Apr 2021Unit 3 Pear Tree Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EZ
Received 6 Apr 202115 Southlands Drive Moss Side Leyland PR26 7SJ
Received 1 Apr 202155 New Lane Penwortham PR1 9JH
Received 5 Apr 20216 Middle Hey Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RH
Received 5 Apr 2021Walton Hall Farm Walton Green Walton-le-Dale PR5 4JL
Received 6 Apr 202171 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JL
Received 7 Apr 202112 Middleforth Green Penwortham PR1 9TB
Received 6 Apr 2021Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland PR25 3DQ
Received 8 Apr 2021Mortimers Yard Talbot Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2ZG
Received 8 Apr 2021Land On The North West Side Of Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 9 Apr 2021Whitegate Farm 10 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 9 Apr 202192 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland PR26 7PB
Received 12 Apr 202112 Eskdale Road Leyland PR25 3AT
Received 10 Apr 20216 Riverway Close Lostock Hall Preston PR5 5XW
Received 9 Apr 202127 Queensway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DS
Received 12 Apr 202175 Brownedge Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TB
Received 12 Apr 202110 Moorfield New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JA
Received 12 Apr 2021Leyland Methodist Church Turpin Green Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3HA
Received 13 Apr 2021Ranch House Farm Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 13 Apr 202124 Lonsdale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BU
Received 13 Apr 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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