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.
8,819 approved · 490 refused · 350 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2013 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Barn Hey Drive Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QX
Received 10 Jul 2023Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 10 Jul 2023157 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LA
Received 12 Jul 2023Middleforth Hall Farm Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 12 Jul 2023114 Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UR
Received 12 Jul 202363 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 12 Jul 2023Old Oak Farm Nurseries Bells Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JJ
Received 12 Jul 202310 Denford Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3JL
Received 13 Jul 2023St Andrews Church Hall Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 3EL
Received 13 Jul 2023208A Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SH
Received 13 Jul 202343 Woodcroft Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BX
Received 14 Jul 2023Gatehouse Nursery Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AX
Received 14 Jul 2023Woodlands Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA
Received 14 Jul 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Lancashire
Received 14 Jul 20232 Moor Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SE
Received 14 Jul 2023Brooklands 105 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 17 Jul 2023TPO 1998 No 3 At Oak Leaf Drive Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 17 Jul 2023Ab Inbev UK Limited Cuerdale Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0XD
Received 17 Jul 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington PR26 6TS
Received 18 Jul 202316 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XB
Received 18 Jul 20236 Bannister Close Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DD
Received 18 Jul 2023120 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LQ
Received 19 Jul 2023122 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LQ
Received 19 Jul 2023124 Towngate Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 2LQ
Received 19 Jul 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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