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.
7,899 approved · 440 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5G Mast Chain House Lane Whitestake Lancashire
Received 4 Jun 202161 Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale PR5 4BP
Received 4 Jun 2021131 Broadfield Drive Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1LD
Received 7 Jun 20214 Langden Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ND
Received 7 Jun 202134 West End Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JD
Received 7 Jun 2021Ranch House Farm Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 7 Jun 2021Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 7 Jun 20215 Smiths Croft Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7XN
Received 7 Jun 2021Land At Belle Field Close Penwortham PR1
Received 7 Jun 202162 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 8 Jun 202113 New Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JD
Received 8 Jun 20215 South Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BB
Received 8 Jun 202116 Studholme Crescent Penwortham PR1 9ND
Received 8 Jun 2021Earnshaw Business Centre Hugh Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6PD
Received 9 Jun 2021Wingnut Ltd Tomlinson Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 9 Jun 2021Cop Lane Church Of England Primary School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AE
Received 9 Jun 2021Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 9 Jun 2021The Parish Church Of St Marys Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 9 Jun 2021The Parish Church Of St Marys Church Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AH
Received 9 Jun 2021Whitestake Post Office Chain House Lane Whitestake PR4 4LB
Received 9 Jun 202134 Long Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AB
Received 10 Jun 2021Land Adjacent 233 Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire
Received 10 Jun 202115 Priory Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AL
Received 10 Jun 202175 Ridge Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XW
Received 10 Jun 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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