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.
8,857 approved · 491 refused · 350 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Kestrel Close Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1FP
Received 31 Jul 2023Dunbia Preston Limited Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AL
Received 31 Jul 2023The Hollins Roach Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0RB
Received 31 Jul 2023Land To Rear Of 31 Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire PR4 5WA
Received 1 Aug 2023Beech House Brownhill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SJ
Received 1 Aug 202317 Loxwood Close Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NQ
Received 1 Aug 2023STREET RECORD Farington Road Farington Lancashire
Received 1 Aug 202325 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TJ
Received 1 Aug 2023Land Opposite Langdale Brook Lane LIttle Hoole Preston PR4 5JB
Received 1 Aug 202324 Pendlebury Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YT
Received 2 Aug 202311 Morley Croft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QS
Received 2 Aug 202334 Leadale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QQ
Received 30 Jul 202315 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 3 Aug 202364 Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 3 Aug 2023148 Higher Walton Road Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4HR
Received 4 Aug 2023Pickering Cottage Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 4 Aug 2023Seven Stars County School Peacock Hall Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1TD
Received 7 Aug 202352 Priory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AS
Received 7 Aug 2023Seven Stars County School Peacock Hall Road Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1TD
Received 7 Aug 2023Old School House Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 7 Aug 2023233 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HE
Received 7 Aug 202333 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UY
Received 7 Aug 202385 Ingleborough Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZS
Received 8 Aug 2023Quin Street and Site To The North Of Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SR
Received 9 Aug 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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