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.
8,567 approved · 471 refused · 334 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seven Stars County School Peacock Hall Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1TD
Received 23 Jan 202354 Newlands Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QY
Received 23 Jan 2023Orchard Grange Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QH
Received 23 Jan 202317 Stanley Road Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4RH
Received 24 Jan 202367 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JL
Received 24 Jan 2023Unit 1 302 Chapel Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AB
Received 24 Jan 202331 Whernside Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZN
Received 25 Jan 2023Lancashire Constabulary HQ Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 25 Jan 202315 Brookdale New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XL
Received 25 Jan 2023120 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 26 Jan 2023Hawkstone Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JE
Received 26 Jan 20233 Gleneagles Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JT
Received 27 Jan 2023Unit 15 Matrix Way Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7ND
Received 27 Jan 2023Unit 27 Marathon Place Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7QN
Received 27 Jan 2023Willow View Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SS
Received 26 Jan 2023Land To The West Of The Conifers Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 30 Jan 20231 Castle Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BP
Received 30 Jan 20232 Rosewood Avenue Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4FE
Received 30 Jan 20239 Balmoral Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JJ
Received 30 Jan 2023253 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AD
Received 30 Jan 2023Station Garage Preston Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4NT
Received 31 Jan 2023Globe Mill 17 - 21 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 31 Jan 2023Brook House Farm Goosefoot Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RP
Received 31 Jan 2023TPO 1993 No 13 Adjacent 4 Riley Close Leyland Lancashire
Received 31 Jan 2023Records 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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