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.
10,289 approved · 582 refused · 400 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Hall Carr Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JJ
Received 21 Jul 20265 Orchard Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AX
Received 22 Jul 202634 Station Road New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZB
Received 22 Jul 202618 Hillside Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RE
Received 22 Jul 202616 Poplar Grove Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6RE
Received 22 Jul 2026Walton Arms St Aidans Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6GD
Received 23 Jul 202630 Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AS
Received 23 Jul 202612 Giller Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LT
Received 23 Jul 2026Longton Hall Farm Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EB
Received 23 Jul 2026Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 24 Jul 2026Land Between 196-208 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire
Received 24 Jul 2026Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 24 Jul 2026Land Adj To Stainfield House Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ST
Received 24 Jul 20262 Morley Croft Farington Leyland Lancashire PR26 6QS
Received 27 Jul 2026Huntley Hall Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 28 Jul 2026Tesco Leyland Extra Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2FN
Received 28 Jul 2026Tesco Leyland Extra Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2FN
Received 28 Jul 20262 Arundel Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YQ
Received 28 Jul 2026The Old Mill School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6SY
Received 29 Jul 2026The Old Mill School Lane Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6SY
Received 29 Jul 2026Land Adjacent 227 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 29 Jul 2026Runshaw College Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AQ
Received 29 Jul 20266 Church Street Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XE
Received 30 Jul 2026134 Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1QN
Received 30 Jul 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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