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.
9,749 approved · 552 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
101 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0QB
Received 5 Feb 202512 Earls Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6UA
Received 6 Feb 202519 Hazel Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YE
Received 6 Feb 202510 Westfield Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AT
Received 6 Feb 202533 Cloughfield Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FF
Received 6 Feb 20254 Moorfield New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JA
Received 7 Feb 2025128 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5YL
Received 7 Feb 20251 Priory Crescent Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0AL
Received 7 Feb 2025Land Between 12 and 15 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 8 Feb 202569 Far Field Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YQ
Received 10 Feb 2025Tesco Leyland Extra Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2FN
Received 11 Feb 2025Land At 192 Slater Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SH
Received 11 Feb 2025Lincoln House Liverpool Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4RJ
Received 11 Feb 202543 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JJ
Received 11 Feb 202572 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 12 Feb 2025195 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 12 Feb 2025Chapel House Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 12 Feb 2025Chapel House Farm Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 12 Feb 202518 Dickson Hey New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZH
Received 9 Feb 2025Danesway 52 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 14 Feb 202523 Kingsfold Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DL
Received 14 Feb 202526 Walnut Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YJ
Received 17 Feb 202530 Walton Gardens Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SF
Received 17 Feb 2025359 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 17 Feb 2025Records 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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