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.
7,819 approved · 436 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Balshaw Court Burlington Gardens Leyland PR25 3EX
Received 23 Apr 2021Land Adjacent 227 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire
Received 23 Apr 2021Church House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 23 Apr 202122 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HB
Received 25 Apr 202162 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 26 Apr 2021Asda Stores 171 - 177 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TE
Received 26 Apr 202170 Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 27 Apr 2021270 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YB
Received 27 Apr 2021116 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XY
Received 27 Apr 202124 Kilngate Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UW
Received 26 Apr 202143 St James Gardens Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XB
Received 27 Apr 202116 Queensway Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EH
Received 27 Apr 2021Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 27 Apr 2021Land South Of 89 Langdale Road Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 28 Apr 2021St Michaels Church Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QA
Received 31 Mar 2021The Woodlands Poplar Grove Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RE
Received 15 Apr 2021Strathyre Pine Avenue Little Hoole PR4 5LB
Received 28 Apr 2021142 Marsh Lane Longton PR4 5YL
Received 28 Apr 2021102 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 28 Apr 20215 Methuen Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JN
Received 27 Apr 2021Land At School Lane and Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 28 Apr 202144 Durham Drive Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AW
Received 29 Apr 202111 Manor Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QA
Received 30 Apr 2021Moss Villa Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 30 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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