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.
8,934 approved · 493 refused · 354 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South View 128 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 4 Sept 202316 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 4 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To 110 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 4 Sept 2023Malasia Park Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AY
Received 4 Sept 2023Tower View Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 4 Sept 2023Marsh Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 5 Sept 2023Chain House Nursery Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 5 Sept 202352 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AJ
Received 5 Sept 2023Land To The Rear Of 247 - 251 Leyland Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 7 Sept 2023Dale End Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 4 Sept 2023180 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QE
Received 7 Sept 2023171 Chapel Lane Longton Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 7 Sept 202310 Chapel Brow Leyland Lancashire PR25 3NE
Received 8 Sept 2023Land To The South Of Collinwood Gardens Hutton Preston Lancashire
Received 8 Sept 2023Land West Of Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Farington Preston PR26 6TS
Received 8 Sept 20234 Wolseley Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 3GJ
Received 8 Sept 2023125 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 8 Sept 202317 Kew Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0DR
Received 8 Sept 202370A Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DA
Received 7 Sept 2023The Flat 332 Golden Hill Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2YJ
Received 11 Sept 2023The Annexe Gatehouse Nursery Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4AX
Received 11 Sept 2023163 Bent Lane Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 4HS
Received 8 Sept 2023Lismore Park Lane Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PY
Received 11 Sept 20234 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 12 Sept 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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