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.
7,897 approved · 440 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Feb 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Bank Croft Longton PR4 5AL
Received 19 May 202110 Woodlands Way Longton PR4 5HN
Received 19 May 202140 Hawkhurst Road Penwortham PR1 9QS
Received 19 May 2021Park Farm Park Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PY
Received 20 May 2021Crossley House Industrial Estate Leyland Road Penwortham Lancashire
Received 20 May 2021188 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 20 May 202160 Sheephill Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YN
Received 20 May 202142 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 21 May 2021Tom Hanson House Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6TT
Received 21 May 2021119 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QH
Received 21 May 2021Daub Hall Barn Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Walton-Le-Dale PR5 0JS
Received 21 May 2021Plum Farm Town Lane Much Hoole PR4 4GJ
Received 21 May 2021228 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 6UX
Received 24 May 202145 Wellington Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TR
Received 24 May 202140 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TL
Received 24 May 2021Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 20 May 2021Privet Cottage Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 25 May 20216 Cottonwood Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DG
Received 25 May 20218 Renshaw Drive Walton-Le-Dale PR5 4RA
Received 26 May 202128 Assembly Avenue Leyland PR25 3NX
Received 25 May 20211 Beech Avenue Leyland PR25 3AL
Received 26 May 202127 Fox Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HA
Received 26 May 2021Budweiser UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 26 May 2021Budweiser UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 26 May 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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