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.
9,160 approved · 512 refused · 365 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Baxi 1 (Sw) Club Street Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FN
Received 2 Nov 2023Oakmount Day Nursery Kellet Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AN
Received 1 Nov 2023Cedars Farm Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 2 Nov 202359 Crookings Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0HX
Received 31 Oct 20234 Wellington Place Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TR
Received 2 Nov 2023Oak Dene Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 3 Nov 202347 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SR
Received 6 Nov 202325 The Heritage Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ZJ
Received 6 Nov 2023Land At Butlers Farm Court Leyland Lancashire
Received 6 Nov 2023Hannings Farm Haunders Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JR
Received 6 Nov 202335 Green Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UY
Received 6 Nov 2023Electricity Sub Station 22M From 11 Royalty Lane 12M From Royalty Lane Royalty Lane New Longton Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 7 Nov 202311 Townsway Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5YQ
Received 7 Nov 202384, 124 and 155 Bristol Avenue Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4GD
Received 7 Nov 2023Fourways Parker Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JX
Received 9 Nov 202335 Royal Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1BX
Received 10 Nov 2023Massey Brothers Feeds Limited Mill Lane Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JJ
Received 10 Nov 202389 School Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZA
Received 10 Nov 2023Conkers 97A Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 10 Nov 20231 Chestnut Crescent Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZN
Received 10 Nov 2023Loopy Lous Plant Nursery Lodge Lane Farington Moss Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 6RA
Received 13 Nov 202321 Rawstorne Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RE
Received 13 Nov 202319 Beech Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3SS
Received 13 Nov 2023Bannister Hall Farm Bannister Hall Lane Higher Walton Preston Lancashire PR5 4DB
Received 13 Nov 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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