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.
7,965 approved · 441 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 20 Oct 2021188A Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4PD
Received 21 Oct 2021Land Off Lodge Lane Lodge Lane Farington Moss Farington Preston Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 21 Oct 20215 Sheephill Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZN
Received 21 Oct 202156 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AS
Received 21 Oct 20219 Evesham Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9NU
Received 21 Oct 2021J F Hose and Couplings Ltd Unit 5 Hecla Works Mounsey Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LS
Received 22 Oct 202126 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 22 Oct 202131 Lowther Drive Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QB
Received 22 Oct 2021Budweiser Brewing Group Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 22 Oct 2021Funeral Parlour The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QJ
Received 25 Oct 2021Tavistock 65 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 25 Oct 2021Brownedge St Marys Roman Catholic High School Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EA
Received 27 Oct 202112 Morley Croft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QS
Received 27 Oct 202119 Wham Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XB
Received 27 Oct 2021Land To Rear Of 131 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XA
Received 27 Oct 202119 Cavendish Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4GP
Received 28 Oct 202110 Parklands Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QN
Received 29 Oct 2021Land To The Rear Of 20 Brindle Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6ZN
Received 29 Oct 20212 Gower Court Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7DP
Received 29 Oct 2021Mount Cottage Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XN
Received 29 Oct 202192 Howick Park Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LX
Received 29 Oct 202127 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DP
Received 1 Nov 20212 Edale Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BB
Received 1 Nov 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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