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.
9,799 approved · 554 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Greystock Close Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YS
Received 13 Apr 2025Riverside Filling Station Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UJ
Received 14 Apr 202521 Martinfield Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9HL
Received 15 Apr 202524 Victoria Park Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1UG
Received 15 Apr 202516 Dalehead Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AX
Received 15 Apr 2025Riverside Filling Station Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UJ
Received 15 Apr 2025Riverside Filling Station Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UJ
Received 15 Apr 2025Riverside Filling Station Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UJ
Received 15 Apr 202510 Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TD
Received 16 Apr 2025Southlands Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SS
Received 16 Apr 2025Deneroyd 39 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LE
Received 17 Apr 2025Barkers Farm Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 17 Apr 2025Drumacre Hall Farm Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Received 18 Apr 20256 Longacre Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5BT
Received 18 Apr 2025386 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 18 Apr 2025Higher Shuttling Fields Farm Shuttling Fields Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LH
Received 18 Apr 202514 Hornbeam Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PT
Received 19 Apr 202598 Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QR
Received 19 Apr 202527 Green Meadow Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LW
Received 21 Apr 202531 Medway Close Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5AF
Received 22 Apr 2025141 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LB
Received 22 Apr 202537 Kingsway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0ED
Received 22 Apr 2025Hall Green Farm Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 22 Apr 2025Moor Hey School Far Croft Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SS
Received 22 Apr 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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