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.
8,064 approved · 444 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Worden Close Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1FL
Received 9 May 2022Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 10 May 20223J Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Preston Lancashire PR7 7NG
Received 10 May 2022Worden Hall Worden Park Leyland Lancashire PR25 1DJ
Received 10 May 2022201 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 10 May 2022114 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 10 May 202232 New Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JJ
Received 10 May 2022Greenfields Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 11 May 20228 Bannister Hall Crescent Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4EQ
Received 11 May 202224 Houghton Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HS
Received 11 May 2022Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 12 May 20224 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 12 May 2022Land East Of M6 Telecommunications Mast Heald House Road Leyland Lancashire
Received 12 May 2022Monks Taining Centre Avant Gardens Wigan Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 5XW
Received 12 May 2022St Patricks School Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HD
Received 12 May 202247B Manor Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SY
Received 10 May 2022Mill Court Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UB
Received 10 May 202224 Pear Tree Crescent Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4RE
Received 13 May 202234 Regentsway Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6UH
Received 13 May 2022Lostock Hall High School Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UR
Received 13 May 20225 Mansfield Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0EJ
Received 13 May 2022203 Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JE
Received 13 May 2022116 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AT
Received 13 May 202238 Penwortham Hall Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TG
Received 13 May 2022Records 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