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.
7,918 approved · 440 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 13 Jul 20211 Blaydike Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AR
Received 13 Jul 2021238 Oldfield Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AL
Received 14 Jul 2021Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 14 Jul 2021Unit 3 Moor Hey Business Park Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 14 Jul 2021Former Storage Sheds Knoll Lane Little Hoole Lancashire
Received 14 Jul 20213 Keen Close Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BP
Received 14 Jul 20213 Keen Close Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BP
Received 14 Jul 2021Station Farm 12 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 14 Jul 202199 Dodd Way Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AE
Received 14 Jul 2021Land At Crownlee Crownlee Penwortham Lancashire
Received 14 Jul 2021Former Lostock Hall Primary School Avondale Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BQ
Received 15 Jul 202117 Mercer Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TP
Received 15 Jul 2021128 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 16 Jul 20219 Clovelly Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QX
Received 16 Jul 202194 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AS
Received 16 Jul 202117 Kentmere Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 4RX
Received 19 Jul 202160 Cumberland Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1BH
Received 19 Jul 2021Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 19 Jul 2021Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 19 Jul 202152 Buckingham Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HW
Received 19 Jul 202111 Lilac Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9PB
Received 16 Jul 2021Dunbia Preston Limited Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AL
Received 20 Jul 2021South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 20 Jul 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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