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.
7,807 approved · 435 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Ingleborough Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZS
Received 19 Apr 2021Bella Vieste 78 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YB
Received 16 Apr 2021The Holliers Shirley Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PH
Received 19 Apr 2021Netherside Green Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4AH
Received 19 Apr 2021Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton PR4 5GN
Received 17 Apr 202157 Howick Park Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LU
Received 16 Apr 2021Highfield Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 16 Apr 2021150 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AE
Received 20 Apr 202155 Hayfield Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AU
Received 20 Apr 202118 Danesway Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UQ
Received 20 Apr 20215 Little Twining Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZU
Received 20 Apr 202114 Green Hill Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1EA
Received 20 Apr 202127 Hugh Barn Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XA
Received 20 Apr 202111 Highgate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HY
Received 20 Apr 2021Land Adjacent To Rutherford Point Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Preston Lancashire PR7 7NA
Received 20 Apr 2021Penwortham Girls High School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR
Received 21 Apr 2021Woodlands Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 21 Apr 2021Ashville Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Received 21 Apr 20215 East Square Longton Lancashire PR4 5NL
Received 21 Apr 202157A Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RE
Received 21 Apr 2021Land At Newgate Lane Newgate Lane Whitestake PR4 4JU
Received 22 Apr 202111 The Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UU
Received 19 Apr 202116 Woodburn Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FN
Received 15 Mar 2021Land Off Carrwood Road Walton-le-Dale Preston PR54LT
Received 23 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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