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.
7,978 approved · 442 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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 Hall Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 3ZD
Received 8 Nov 20214 Fieldings Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DG
Received 9 Nov 2021Bannister Farm Cottage 222 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 9 Nov 202137 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 10 Nov 2021164 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SL
Received 10 Nov 2021South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 10 Nov 202136 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 11 Nov 20213 Carleton Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QT
Received 11 Nov 202194 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LD
Received 11 Nov 20213 Leigh House Courtyard Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 5UH
Received 11 Nov 20214 Carver Brow Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EL
Received 10 Nov 20218 Matterdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BA
Received 12 Nov 202111 Thorngate Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XL
Received 9 Nov 202156A Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZJ
Received 12 Nov 202140 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JJ
Received 12 Nov 2021226 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SN
Received 12 Nov 2021Unit 1 South Rings Business Park Craven Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6BZ
Received 12 Nov 2021Mayfield Terrace Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 15 Nov 2021Unit 7 The Capitol Centre Capitol Way Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4AW
Received 15 Nov 2021The Old Mill School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6SY
Received 15 Nov 2021Rear Of 128 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SQ
Received 15 Nov 202112 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 15 Nov 2021The Oaks 23 Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Received 15 Nov 202160 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR5 1SP
Received 15 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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