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South Ribble Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Ribble Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,299Searchable applications
12Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,835 approved or refused records
525Refused applications
9,310 approved · 525 refused · 373 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and Building ControlLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice Pre application adviceConservation areas Listed buildings and conservation areasArticle 4 directions Article 4 Direction – Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesinfo@southribble.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@southribble.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas8 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Unknown07/2024/00080/FUL
Change of use of ground floor from hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) to a Restaurant (Use Class E(b)), single storey extension to rear, formation of steps and railings to front entrance and removal of bay window to front elevation. (Amended Plan)
69 Hough Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 2SA
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00081/DIS
Discharge of condition 8 (plots 1-12 only) pursuant to permission 07/2022/00457/FUL for erection of 50 residential units with access, parking, open space and landscaping infrastructure
Former Lostock Hall Primary School Avondale Drive Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5BQ
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00082/HOH
Two storey side extension, loft conversion including raising of existing ridge height and full remodel of existing bungalow. Single storey side and rear extension to form self contained annexe. Detached garage and workshop, new front boundary wall and entrance gates. (Re-submission - 07/2023/00053/HOH)
197 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5FE
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00083/DIS
Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission 07/2023/00253/FUL
Land Between 14 and 29 Cross Halls, Penwortham Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XA
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00084/FUL
Two-storey dwelling, together with single detached garage and associated landscaping
Land At Hall Lane Longton Lancashire PR4 5XB
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00085/TDC
Technical details (Stage 2) for erection of 3 dwellings following the approval of planning permisison (07/2023/00434/PIP)
Land Between 212 and 220 Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 6 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00086/FUL
Demolish existing farmhouse and ancillary outbuildings and construct new dwellinghouse with associated works.
Heyes Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00087/FUL
New shopfront and insertion of new windows
90 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2FN
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00088/DIS
Discharge of conditions 40 (highway improvement scheme) and 43 (site access and off-site highway works) of planning permission 07/2021/00354/FUL
Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00089/HOH
Proposed erection of detached garage/workshop following demolition of existing detached garage (amended scheme to 07/2022/00030/HOH)
1 Castle Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0BP
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00090/TPO
Planning approval 07/2023/00830/FUL- South Ribble BC TPO 8 (79 Royalty Avenue New Longton Lancashire) 2006 W1TREE SURVEY ATTACHED AND MARKED UP DRAWING SHOWING TREES TO BE FELLED AND TREES TO BE CUT BACK.
The Rowans, 2A Royalty Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JN
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00091/VAR
Variation of condition 10 imposed on permission 07/2021/00205/FUL for change of use from retail (Class A1) to a bar (Sui Generis) together with alterations to front elevation (Amended Description).
249B Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 5 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00093/TPO
HORSE CHESTNUT T9- FellASH T7 AND T10- FellPOPLAR T11 - Up to 5 meter reductionHORSE CHESTNUT T3- Up to 3 meter reduction
17 Woodacre Blashaw Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0JN
Received 7 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00094/HOH
Proposed demolition of existing rear extension and construction of a new ground floor rear extension with an existing pitch roof to flat roof, first floor rear extension, Hip to Gable loft conversion and a new detached garage.
Glengarth 45 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00095/FUL
Erection of a single dwellinghouse, together with erection of boundary treatments (walls/gates, fences & planting of hedgerows) and installation of associated utilities infrastructure, a solid fuel heating appliance; drainage and hard and soft landscaping works.
188B Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00096/FUL
Part retrospective application for the creation of hardstanding for agricultural purposes and the change of use of an agricultural building to permit housing livestock within it.
Aspden Fold Farm Nabs Head Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UQ
Received 8 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00097/HOH
Proposed single storey rear extension to replace existing conservatory and addition of pitch roof over existing flat roof rear extension, garage and over front door.
10 Danes Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4UG
Received 9 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00098/OUT
Erection of 2no. Dwellings (Access Only Applied For).
359 Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00099/FUL
Relocation of previously approved changing facilities (07/2023/00660/FUL) and addition of club house following removal of existing changing rooms and containers
Lostock St Gerards Football Club Wateringpool Lane Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5UA
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00100/TPO
Removal of single branch from ash tree overhanging property - South Ribble BC TPO 2 (Rear Of Franklands Longton Lancashire) 1977
60 Franklands Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5WD
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00101/HOH
PROPOSED TWO STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
Sumners Farm Whalley Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UN
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00102/OUT
Outline application for erection of up to 23 dwellings with associated infrastructure (access only applied - all other matters reserved)
Land At North Of Cocker Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00103/HOH
Integral garage conversion into home gym, alterations to attached timber store and erection of detached triple garage with external access to first floor home office.
Oak View 4 Oak Gardens Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5XP
Received 12 Feb 2024 - Decided07/2024/00104/NMA
Non material amendment to application ref. 07/2023/00830/FUL (raising of roof ridge to allow for habitable rooms to be formed in the roofspace, change in external materials, change in window size, addition of rooflights and installation of solar panels to roof)
Plot 2 Land At Royalty Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JN
Received 13 Feb 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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