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.
7,799 approved · 435 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Preston Office Village Cuerden Way Bamber Bridge Preston P5 6BL
Received 13 Apr 2021St Oswalds Roman Catholic School Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire PR4 5FB
Received 14 Apr 202111 Lowther Crescent Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QA
Received 14 Apr 2021St Andrews Church Hall Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 8 Feb 20213 Edale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BB
Received 28 Sept 2020Rhoden House Rhoden Road Leyland PR26 7SX
Received 23 Sept 20204 Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 14 Sept 2020The Old Barn Livepool Road Longton PR4 5AU
Received 6 Oct 202019 Alexandra Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4QS
Received 29 Sept 202015 The Vinery New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YB
Received 7 Dec 20203 Woodfield Close Penwortham PR1 0SJ
Received 6 Oct 2020St Catherines Hospice Lostock Hall Preston PR5 5XU
Received 18 Nov 202027 Walnut Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YJ
Received 1 Dec 202092 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7PB
Received 9 Nov 2020356 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YN
Received 11 Nov 202020 Moorside Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XF
Received 11 Nov 2020Orinthia 17 Cottage Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YA
Received 28 Oct 202048 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BB
Received 29 Oct 2020TPO 2005 No 5 Adjacent Broadfield House Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire
Received 4 Nov 20203 Woodfield Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SJ
Received 6 Oct 20202 Hollinhurst Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AG
Received 26 Mar 20182 Middleforth Court Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JY
Received 1 May 202042 Cloughfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FF
Received 20 Apr 202033 Old School Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YU
Received 1 Jan 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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