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.
7,958 approved · 441 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Holland Avenue Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RJ
Received 5 Oct 2021Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 5 Oct 202166 Albrighton Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5LE
Received 5 Oct 20211 Hardwick Grange Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AA
Received 5 Oct 20211 Beech Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AL
Received 5 Oct 2021Pear Tree Farm 247 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 5 Oct 20218 The Chase Leyland Lancashire PR25 4SW
Received 6 Oct 2021Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 30 Sept 2021Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Preston PR26 6TS
Received 7 Oct 20212 Maplewood Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1HP
Received 7 Oct 2021200 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SP
Received 7 Oct 202183 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL
Received 7 Oct 2021Lyndene Meadow Head Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YD
Received 7 Oct 2021Beech Lodge 9 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XB
Received 7 Oct 2021The Gables Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 8 Oct 2021119 Old Hall Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EU
Received 8 Oct 2021Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 6 Oct 20213 Stanley Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QS
Received 11 Oct 2021Peacock Hall 378 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TB
Received 11 Oct 2021Hillcroft 73 Cuerdale Lane Walton-Le-Dale Lancashire PR5 4BP
Received 12 Oct 2021Former Lostock Hall Gas Works Land Between Lyme Road and The Cawsey Penwortham Lancashire
Received 12 Oct 202133 Blundell Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0EB
Received 12 Oct 2021Budweiser UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 12 Oct 202171 Great Gill Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QP
Received 13 Oct 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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