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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 dates12,471Searchable applications
13Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,024 approved or refused records
538Refused applications
9,486 approved · 538 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown07/2024/00381/DIS
Discharge of conditions 8,6,10, 11 and 20 for plot 4 only (now 152 Broadfield Drive) pursuant to permisison 07/2019/4078/OUT as varied by permission 07/2020/00591/VAR for change of use from existing funeral parlour to residential property together with the erection of six dwellings.
The Warren Broadfield Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 1LH
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00382/FUL
Creation of a Slurry Lagoon
Lower Marsh Farm Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LH
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00383/NOT
Replacement of 2no existing cabinets with 1no new cabinet and associated ancillary works
Schleswig Way Western Side Of Schleswig Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 1TQ
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00384/FUL
Retrospective application for the use of the site for open storage (B8) and retention of hardstanding area. Extension of existing hardstanding area to the whole siteLAND ADJACENT HOLLINS LANE, LEYLAND PR26 8LJ
Land East Side Of Leyland Lane (opposite Hollins Lane) Leyland Lancashire PR26 8LJ
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00385/NOT
Our intention to install 1 x 9m wooden telegraph poles at the above location
Outisde Beech Corner Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0JS
Received 23 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00386/HOH
Proposed garage and annexe building
Stirling House 87B Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 0AB
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00387/HOH
Proposed single storey side and rear infill extension to connect to outbuilding which is used as a residential annex (permitted development)
8 Spey Close Leyland Lancashire PR25 1RU
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00388/HOH
Brick extension 3m x 3m with pitch roof. Upvc window and double doors facing out to side - single storey
4 Walnutwood Avenue Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6DS
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00389/FUL
Removal of existing oil boiler and tank. Repositioning of existing timber storage shed. Installation of 2no air source heat pumps with associated 2m high acoustic fencing and access gates.
Samlesbury Hall Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00390/LBC
Removal of existing oil boiler and tank. Repositioning of existing timber storage shed. Installation of 2no air source heat pumps with associated 2m high acoustic fencing and access gates.
Samlesbury Hall Preston New Road Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UP
Received 24 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00391/HOH
Detached outbuilding with dormers to provide garage with accommodation in roofspace
11 Midge Hall Lane Midge Hall Leyland Lancashire PR26 6TN
Received 25 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00392/HOH
Proposed loft conversion with dormer and raised dormer height
109 Anderton Crescent Buckshaw Village Chorley Lancashire PR7 7BA
Received 26 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00393/HOH
Part attached garage with basement level to the side and canopy to front elevation of dwelling
17 Pope Walk Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9BJ
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00394/HOH
First floor extension to side above existing single storey extension
31 Hazel Close Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0YE
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00395/FUL
Replacement house type to plot 1 of planning approval ref 07/2023/00110/FUL
Meadowcroft Business Park Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4BA
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00396/REM
Reserved matters application for the erection of 1 No. dwellinghouse (Landscaping) following granting of outline approval 07/2021/00371/OUT
Brookfield 66 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00397/NOT
Intention to install 1 x 9 metre wooden telegraph pole at the above location
Side Of 260 Gregson Lane Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0LA
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00398/NOT
Removal and replacement of 3no antennas, removal of 3no existing equipment cabinets to be replaced with 1no new equipment cabinet and associated ancillary works
Clarendon Haulage Co Ltd Hawthorne Cottage Myerscough Smithy Lane Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00399/HOH
Formation of a single-storey side and rear extension following the demolition of an existing detached garage.
22 Giller Drive Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LT
Received 28 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00400/DIS
Discharge of condition 12 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) imposed on permission 07/2020/01034/ORM - Lidl Phase only.
Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Received 29 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00401/LBC
Application for Listed Building Consent for illuminated and non-illuminated signage scheme replacing existing
Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 29 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00402/ADV
Application for Advertisement Consent for illuminated and non-illuminated signage scheme replacing existing
Dunkirk Hall Dunkirk Lane Moss Side Leyland Lancashire PR26 7SW
Received 29 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00403/HOH
Demolish of existing Rear Conservatory and the Construction of a Rear Flat Roof Extension with internal alterations
Lower Seed Lee Barn Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6AP
Received 29 May 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00404/VAR
Variation of condition 2 of planning approval 07/2022/00645/FUL to permit changes to the approved plans (changes to housetype to raise roof over garage to create games room at first floor)
Highfield House Bank Head Lane Hoghton Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 6YR
Received 30 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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