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.
8,118 approved · 445 refused · 302 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
142 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 2 Jul 202225 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 6 Jul 202221 Penwortham Hall Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TG
Received 7 Jul 2022Carver Hey Farm Moss Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4SX
Received 7 Jul 2022Mather Fold Farm Hoghton Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 4ED
Received 7 Jul 2022367 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ST
Received 10 Jul 2022Barbrook Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7NS
Received 7 Jul 202220 Woodville Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DR
Received 5 Jul 202210 Cross Field Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EH
Received 8 Jul 2022La Casa Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 8 Jul 2022Land Off Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 8 Jul 20223 Beechfield Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3BG
Received 8 Jul 20221 Oak Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XQ
Received 11 Jul 202230 The Maltings Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZS
Received 11 Jul 20226 Brantwood Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3PF
Received 11 Jul 2022Middleforth Hall Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 11 Jul 202213 Cockersand Avenue Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5FN
Received 11 Jul 202227 Hambleton Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5DQ
Received 12 Jul 2022211 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 12 Jul 2022Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 12 Jul 20221 Little Close Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QU
Received 12 Jul 202221 Penwortham Hall Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TG
Received 12 Jul 20223 Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SU
Received 13 Jul 2022Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 13 Jul 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.
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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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