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.
7,944 approved · 441 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Whitegate Farm Nurseries Car Park Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SS
Received 3 Sept 2021Whitegate Farm 10 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 3 Sept 202188 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 3 Sept 20218 Holland Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RJ
Received 15 Aug 202146 Sheephill Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4YN
Received 25 Aug 2021Leyland Trucks Limited Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6LZ
Received 3 Sept 202150 Barnfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GE
Received 28 Aug 2021Oakenclough Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NS
Received 3 Sept 202112 Newton Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TS
Received 6 Sept 202119 Carleton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QT
Received 6 Sept 2021Land Adj To Fieldside Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 6 Sept 2021The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QJ
Received 6 Sept 20215 Gloucester Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QQ
Received 2 Sept 20212 Darwen View Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JT
Received 7 Sept 202136 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XX
Received 27 Aug 202128 Balcarres Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EL
Received 7 Sept 202110 Elmwood Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RL
Received 7 Sept 2021Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Preston PR26 6TS
Received 8 Sept 202112 Walton Green Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 9 Sept 2021Annexe 228 Leyland Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1XJ
Received 9 Sept 20219 Fern Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BU
Received 9 Sept 2021134 Bristol Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GD
Received 9 Sept 2021Brookhouse Farm Stanifield Lane Lostock Hall Leyland Lancashire PR5 5XR
Received 10 Sept 2021Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 10 Sept 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage