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.
9,675 approved · 549 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whitegate Farm 10 Jane Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TQ
Received 21 Oct 2024Winston Drumacre Lane East Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SD
Received 21 Oct 202418 Bentley Park Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZT
Received 21 Oct 202429 Cloughfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FF
Received 21 Oct 202445 Green Hey Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QH
Received 18 Oct 202481 Withy Trees Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6NU
Received 22 Oct 20249 Lostock View Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5HL
Received 22 Oct 20241 Orchard Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4XE
Received 23 Oct 2024Land Adjacent 120 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 23 Oct 2024Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 24 Oct 2024Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 23 Oct 2024Barn Fold Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Received 24 Oct 202438 Maple Drive Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RA
Received 25 Oct 20243 Cordwainers Court Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7AT
Received 25 Oct 202411 The Orchards Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SZ
Received 25 Oct 2024Newlands Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5LA
Received 25 Oct 2024Springbrook Farm Thropps Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SL
Received 22 Oct 20244 Goosefoot Close Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0SS
Received 26 Oct 20243 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SB
Received 28 Oct 2024Hopton's Bar 2-8 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EB
Received 28 Oct 2024212 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 28 Oct 2024Bakers Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 29 Oct 202429 Coupe Green Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JR
Received 29 Oct 2024Howick Hall Farm Howick Cross Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0NS
Received 31 Oct 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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