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.
9,608 approved · 542 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Worden Park Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR5 2DJ
Received 7 Aug 2024Worden Park Worden Lane Leyland Lancashire PR5 2DJ
Received 7 Aug 20242 Lion Gardens Leyland Lancashire PR26 7BA
Received 7 Aug 202423 Pear Tree Croft Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AT
Received 7 Aug 202421 Hollinhurst Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AE
Received 7 Aug 2024Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 31 Jul 202416 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AD
Received 7 Aug 2024Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 5 Aug 2024Land At Croston Road Farington Moss Lancashire
Received 5 Aug 20249 Queensdale Close Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JU
Received 7 Aug 202430 School Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TS
Received 8 Aug 2024Leyland Fire Station Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LB
Received 8 Aug 2024110 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 8 Aug 20243 The Pickerings Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UZ
Received 10 Aug 202411 Oak Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XQ
Received 10 Aug 20241 Whitefield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XJ
Received 10 Aug 202411 Bispham Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QE
Received 11 Aug 202438 Church Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6EP
Received 12 Aug 20248 Walkdale Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SY
Received 13 Aug 202452 Earnshaw Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1GS
Received 14 Aug 202423 Maltings Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9ZB
Received 14 Aug 2024Land East Of Newgate Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 6 Aug 202414 Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5GA
Received 12 Aug 2024Lesser Marsh House Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 15 Aug 2024Records 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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