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.
10,001 approved · 562 refused · 395 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Cromwell Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9AU
Received 19 Aug 2025Leyland Family Court Lancastergate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EX
Received 19 Aug 202517 Knowsley Close Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0EA
Received 20 Aug 20259 Spinney Close New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JF
Received 20 Aug 2025198B Liverpool Old Road Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QB
Received 20 Aug 2025Fairhaven Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9TE
Received 20 Aug 2025Adjacent 2, 8 and 24 Smalley Croft Penwortham Lancashire
Received 20 Aug 202516 Meadway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JL
Received 20 Aug 202516 Meadway Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JL
Received 20 Aug 2025Land Off Old School Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5XP
Received 21 Aug 202537 Duddle Lane Walton Le Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UB
Received 20 Aug 2025BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 21 Aug 20255 Kensington Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BA
Received 21 Aug 2025Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 22 Aug 20257 Mossway New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZQ
Received 22 Aug 2025Land To The Rear Of 60 - 64 Fossdale Moss Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 22 Aug 202559 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XD
Received 22 Aug 2025Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 22 Aug 2025From Greenbank To Pear Tree Barn Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 22 Aug 2025OS Greencroft Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JN
Received 22 Aug 2025Heatons Engineering Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TA
Received 23 Aug 2025Market Hall Northcote Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2AA
Received 23 Aug 2025Heatons Engineering Quin Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 2TA
Received 23 Aug 2025Land At Brook Lane Much Hoole Lancashire
Received 26 Aug 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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