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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 dates12,361Searchable applications
12Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 9,899 approved or refused records
527Refused applications
9,372 approved · 527 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown07/2024/00207/HOH
Erection of single storey wrap around extension, hip to gable extension for dormer (front and rear) loft conversion with rooflights. Proposed open front porch (permitted development).
17 Green Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0RD
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00208/FUL
Erection of two detached dwellings with part retrospective installtion of access
148 Bent Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YD
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00209/APD
Prior notification of agricultural development submitted under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development ) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), Schedule 2 Part 3 Class R. The proposal is for a change of use of the three existing buildings into storage use and part of a further building into storage use.
Model Farm 240 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PN
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00210/ADV
V style advertisement hoarding
Junction Of Leyland Road and The Cawsey Penwortham Lancashire
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00211/FUL
Change of use to a children's home from Use Class C3 to C2 for 3 young people
16 Selkirk Drive Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TL
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00212/PAP
Prior Approval for the change of use from commercial (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3) either as a single dwelling or as two apartments
Medicare Unit Surgery 1 Croston Road Lostock Hall Lancashire PR5 5RS
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00213/HOH
Single storey extension to side and rear together with formation of sloping roof over flat roofed single storey element at the rear
Priory Cottage 7 Pope Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9JN
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00215/FUL
Installation of a single storey modular building for use as a classroom.
St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic School Buller Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QQ
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00216/ADV
Retrospective Application for Advertisement Consent for 2 non-illuminated freestanding advert boards; one to be sited fronting Woodcock Hall Farm and one in field adjacent Farington Road (opposite access to Sherdley Road)
Woodcock Hall Farm Stanifield Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XS
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00217/DIS
Discharge of condition 15(c) imposed on permission 07/2021/00665/FUL for erection of 63 dwellings and associated roads, infrastructure, parking and landscaping
Land Off Belle Field Close Belle Field Close Penwortham Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00218/DIS
Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 8 (construction management plan), 9 (tree protection), 11 (boundary treatments), 12 (landscaping), 13 (drainage), 14 (drainage), 15 (contaminated land) and 19 (bird nesting) of planning permission 07/2023/00969/FUL
Land At Preston New Road Preston New Road Samlesbury Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00219/HOH
Single storey rear extension and formation of gable to accommodate rear dormer extension
44 Shaftesbury Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4ZE
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00220/FUL
Erection of New Agricultural building
Clare Farm Grange Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5JH
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00221/DIS
Discharge of conditions 26 and 30 pursuant to permission 07/2022/00928/FUL for erection of a residential development (34 dwellings - use Class C3) with associated vehicular access, roads and footways, hard and soft landscaping, drainage and other associated works
Land To The East Of Reynard Close Longton Lancashire
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00222/HOH
Detached outbuilding for use as annex accommodation.
24 Poulton Crescent Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LY
Received 24 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00223/HOH
Two storey side extension following demolition of existing garage
3 Royalty Lane New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4JD
Received 25 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00224/FUL
Change of use of land to extend the HGV and service vehicle parking area and ancillary HGV sales, erection of boundary fence to secure new yard area, installation of new lighting columns, landscape treatment along boundary, relocation of existing truck wash and installation of associated screening, installation of an environmental station, and associated earthworks to reprofile land levels and incorporate drainage
Preston Scania 514 Four Oaks Road Walton Summit Industrial Estate Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 8BW
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00225/HOH
Raising roof to provide accommodation in roof space, single storey rear extension, porch to front and detached garage to rear
9 Park Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AP
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00226/VAR
Variation of conditions 2 and 3 of extant permission 07/2008/0200/FUL to provide for installation of roof windows and solar panels
Higher Wham Farm Long Moss Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4XQ
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00227/HOH
First floor extension over garage, single storey extension to side and rear
23 South Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BB
Received 24 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00228/FUL
Development of an extended Bio-CNG vehicle fuelling facility comprising new fuel pump islands, re-configured plant compound, landscaping and associated development
Existing Cng Fuels Station and Land To North, Wigan Road Leyland PR25 5XW
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00229/REM
Reserved Matters application for the erection of 1no.two-storey dwelling (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) following granting of outline approval 07/2022/00994/OUT
448 Croston Road Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6PJ
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00230/TPO
Sycamore, hawthorn, crack willow,cpat willow and birch- these are the trees that occupy the embankment as identified at number 6. Please see application form for further description.
44 Park Road Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YD
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00231/ADV
Fibre composite signs fixed to frames of existing greenhouse and front canopy.
Ashtons Plant Centre Longmeanygate Midge Hall Leyland Preston Lancashire PR26 7TB
Received 22 Mar 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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