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.
7,923 approved · 440 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lyndene Fowler Lane Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RH
Received 20 Jul 2021Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 20 Jul 202120 Church Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XE
Received 21 Jul 2021Plot 1400 Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7NA
Received 21 Jul 202167 Haig Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 2DD
Received 21 Jul 20214 Birchwood Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EE
Received 22 Jul 202194 Hedgerows Road Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7JQ
Received 22 Jul 2021Tusons Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5GN
Received 22 Jul 2021Land At Duddle Lane Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Lancashire
Received 22 Jul 2021Greenleigh Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 22 Jul 202173 Irongate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6UY
Received 23 Jul 2021Land Adjacent 26 Park Avenue Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 23 Jul 2021179 Brownedge Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AH
Received 26 Jul 2021Land Adjacent To 515 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LA
Received 26 Jul 2021Bannister Hall Nurseries Potter Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EN
Received 26 Jul 2021Fold Farm Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 26 Jul 202119 Welbeck Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ST
Received 26 Jul 2021Higher Intack Barn Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 27 Jul 2021Footpath Adj Blackthorn Drive Penwortham Lancashire
Received 27 Jul 202111 The Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SU
Received 27 Jul 2021Walton Hall Croft Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 27 Jul 202141 Stanley Grove Penwortham PR1 0JH
Received 28 Jul 2021Land Between 233 and 249 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 29 Jul 2021Fieldside Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 28 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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