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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 dates12,456Searchable applications
13Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,005 approved or refused records
537Refused applications
9,468 approved · 537 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown07/2024/00357/FUL
Change of Use from (storage on first floor retail unit), into self contained residential flat with entrance on Seargeant Street
233 Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6LD
Received 15 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00358/DIS
Discharge of conditions 5,9,11-12,14,18,25-27,33 and 34 pursuant to permission 07/2020/1035/FUL for Demolition of the vacant public house and the erection of 25 dwellings (100% affordable units) with associated vehicular access off Leyland Road, landscaping and car parking (to include car park provision 20 spaces for existing dwellings located on Leyland Road)
Sumpter Horse 235 Leyland Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SY
Received 17 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00359/TPO
Reduce Ash Tree to Main Union Leaving Stem as Habitat Pole
8 Woodburn Grove Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9FN
Received 17 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00360/HOH
Retrospective application for the conversion of attached 'lean-to' to habitable room
3 Park Place Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4HQ
Received 17 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00361/HOH
Two-storey side and single storey front extension
35 Canberra Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3ER
Received 17 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00362/TPO
Crown raise up to 5 meters, 2 x sycamore over trampoline within residential boundary. Remove dying holly adjacent to sycamores. Fell 1 x sycamore pushing against fence panel from Hotel grounds. Fell 1 x ash tree with ash dieback situated on Hotel grounds. South Ribble BC TPO 39 (Fronting Farington Lodge Stanifield Lane Farington Lancashire) 1992
3 Farington Lodge Gardens Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4AB
Received 17 May 2024 - Decided07/2024/00363/NMA
Application to vary materials to 2no. front dormers as approved by planning permisison 07/2023/00049/HOH.
232 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HB
Received 16 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00364/HOH
Part two-storey, part single storey extensions to front
62 Cherry Wood Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0PJ
Received 16 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00365/VAR
Variation of condition 2 of permission 07/2022/00561/FUL for erection of one dwelling with associated works (amended description)
Land At Junction Of Naptha Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 17 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00366/DIS
Discharge of conditions 5 (surfacing)and 14 (tree protection) of planning permission 07/2023/00493/REM
Land Off Shaw Brook Road and Altcar Lane Leyland Lancashire
Received 17 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00367/CLD
Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed change of use from C3(a) to C2 to provide care for up to 1 child aged between 8 years old to 17 years old.
4 Whernside Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZN
Received 18 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00368/VAR
Variation of conditions to allow phasing only of phases 1a,1b, 2 and 3 (no technical or physical changes) as approved by permission 07/2020/01034/ORM for full planning permission for a phased development comprising: the erection of a retail store (Use Class E) with associated access, car parking, electricity sub-station re-location, landscaping and servicing and delivery areas (Phase 1a); the erection of 120 dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated access off the Cross Borough Link Road, car parking, public open space, landscaping, and associated engineering andinfrastructure works (Phase 1b); andOutline planning permission, with all matters reserved except for access, for a phased residentialdevelopment comprising the erection of up to 181 dwellings (Phases 2 & 3).
Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 20 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00369/CLU
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for Use of land as garden for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of a dwelling house
Old Oak Barn Bezza Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UF
Received 20 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00370/FUL
Retrospective application for a single storey rear extension
21 Talbot Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QU
Received 21 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00371/CLD
Single storey rear extension with pitched roof and flat roof.
4 Lanedale Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AY
Received 21 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00372/HOH
Two storey rear extension with Juliet balcony to the first floor and single storey porch to front elevation, proposed car port to eastern elevation following demolition of existing wrap around single storey extension and proposed roof works involving raising and altering roof to accommodate additional living space at second floor level.
Mayfield Preston New Road Mellor Brook Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PU
Received 21 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00373/HOH
Demolition of existing garage and erection of Single Storey Side & Rear Extension, and first floor conversion with flat roof dormers.
77 St Annes Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 4XR
Received 21 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00374/TPO
T1 Cypress- fellT2 sycamore- crown raise up to 5m- lateral reduction up to 4metersT3 ash- remove 3 lowest branches
44 Park Road Penwortham Residential Park Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9YD
Received 21 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00375/HOH
Single storey side and rear extension and dormer to rear
3 Coupe Green Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JR
Received 20 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00376/VAR
Variation of condition 2 of planning approval 07/2021/00736/COU to allow for use of external area for outdoor training
3J Eaton Avenue Buckshaw Village Preston Lancashire PR7 7NG
Received 22 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00377/VAR
Variation of Condition No. 2 (Plans) of permission No. 07/2022/00104/TDC to increase scale of dwelling and outbuilding to be used as garden room
Moss View 132 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LB
Received 22 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00378/FUL
First floor extension over garage, single storey extension to side and rear together with the change of use of an area of land to the south into residential curtilage (Re-submission of 07/2024/00227/HOH)
23 South Avenue New Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BB
Received 22 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00379/HOH
Conservatory to rear
69 Severn Drive Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4TD
Received 22 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00380/HOH
Single storey extension to side and rear of semi-detached dormer bungalow
34 Rookery Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LU
Received 21 May 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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