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.
7,962 approved · 441 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Royalty Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JN
Received 13 Oct 20214 Marsh House Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DJ
Received 13 Oct 2021Church House Farm Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 14 Oct 2021Land South Of 89 Langdale Road Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 11 Oct 202111 Croft Bank Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BH
Received 14 Oct 20213 Marina Grove Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SQ
Received 14 Oct 20216 Brennand Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6WH
Received 15 Oct 2021Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 11 Oct 2021Orchard End 57 Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 15 Oct 20216 Lydric Avenue Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JU
Received 14 Oct 202155 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AS
Received 15 Oct 20216 Arnside Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LR
Received 15 Oct 20217 Lanedale Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AY
Received 15 Oct 202135 Mercer Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TP
Received 15 Oct 202120 Kingsway West Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JA
Received 19 Oct 20215 Woodside Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GT
Received 19 Oct 2021St Teresas Roman Catholic Primary School Stanley Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JH
Received 19 Oct 2021Balshaw Court Burlington Gardens Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3EX
Received 19 Oct 202142 The Oaks Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4LT
Received 19 Oct 2021Northbrook Primary School Bannister Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 2GB
Received 20 Oct 20214-6 Slater Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TL
Received 20 Oct 2021Willow Barn 188A Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 20 Oct 2021174 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SL
Received 18 Oct 2021Plum Farm 33 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 19 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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