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.
10,190 approved · 577 refused · 397 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glenavon Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 28 Feb 2026Land To The Rear Of Chez Soi Smithy Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4QJ
Received 2 Mar 2026310 Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SN
Received 2 Mar 2026The Willows Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Received 2 Mar 202626 Long Close Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7AB
Received 3 Mar 2026Grass Verge On Blackthorn Drive Adj To 13 Cedar Way Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PE
Received 3 Mar 202621 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PD
Received 4 Mar 2026252 Liverpool Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LY
Received 4 Mar 202649 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6QS
Received 4 Mar 2026Joyston 10 Town Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GJ
Received 4 Mar 2026402 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PL
Received 5 Mar 2026SNAYLAMS FARM FELTON WAY MUCH HOOLE PRESTON PR4 4GD
Received 5 Mar 202642 Great Gill Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QP
Received 5 Mar 202612 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 6 Mar 2026143 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SN
Received 6 Mar 2026208 St Davids Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4UY
Received 6 Mar 202668 Walton Summit Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8AE
Received 6 Mar 2026Land Adjacent 157 Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 6 Mar 2026176A Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SL
Received 6 Mar 20262 Shuttle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6FJ
Received 6 Mar 202618 Boardman Close Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DB
Received 7 Mar 202643 Balshaw Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2XP
Received 8 Mar 20268 Spring Gardens Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LY
Received 9 Mar 202619 Hazel Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YE
Received 9 Mar 2026Records 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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