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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 dates12,566Searchable applications
12Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,136 approved or refused records
542Refused applications
9,594 approved · 542 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown07/2024/00536/DIS
Discharge of Condition 5 (Materials) of Planning Permisison 07/2023/00911/REM
Land To Rear Of 131 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0XA
Received 24 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00537/DIS
Discharge of condition 15 of planning approval 07/2017/2325/FUL as varied by 07/2022/00194/VAR - SAP Reports for plots 20 - 32, 34 - 37, 82 - 86, 130 - 131, 147 - 151
Land On The North Side Of Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Lancashire
Received 24 Jul 2024 - Decided07/2024/00538/HOH
Erection of a garden building on a wooden deck.
4 Honeysuckle Close Leyland Preston Lancashire PR25 1EG
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00539/CLD
Certificate of Lawful Development for a proposed single storey rear extension following demolitions of the existing conservatory
30 Evergreen Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 3AW
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00540/NOT
Removal of 3no. existing antennas and the installation of 3no. new antennas on existing supports, all other associated ancillary apparatus
Land At Gill Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SR
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00541/FUL
Erection of a detached dwelling on garden curtliage to an existing detached dwelling and part restropective application for the retention of driveway access works
148 Bent Lane Leyland Lancashire PR25 4YD
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00542/VAR
Variation of condition 2 (Plot 3 only) of permission 07/2021/00711/FUL for demolition of existing dwelling, stables and outbuildings, and erection of 4 dwellings.
60 Hall Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZD
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00543/CLD
Application for Lawful Development Certificate re: use of a dwelling (C3a) as a children's home for two children aged 8 to 18 years, with a manager and two carers who sleep or awake overnight, working on a rota basis (C2).
8 Victoria Park Avenue Leyland Lancashire PR25 1UG
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00544/LBC
Creation of extended roof space via vertical extension to form plant room for existing restaurant use in existing outbuilding adjacent to existingListed Building (minor revision of permission 07/2024/00288/LBC)
34 Chorley Road Walton-Le-Dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JA
Received 25 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00545/DIS
Discharge of conditions 4 and 7 pursuant to permission 07/2024/00162/FUL for installation of additional pre-barrages with notches within Bezza Brook in order to improve fish passage.
Fish Pass - Bezza Brook Potters Lane Samlesbury Preston Lancashire PR5 0UE
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00546/PIP
Permission on Principle for four dwellings following demolition of existing barn and hard-standing area
3 Fowler Avenue Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RL
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00547/HOH
Rear Extension
4 Margaret Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9QT
Received 23 Jul 2024 - Decided07/2024/00548/NMA
Non material amendment relating to permission 07/2022/00978/VAR for erection of single dwelling on land at Walton Green
River Lodge Walton Green Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4JL
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00549/HOH
Rear Extension Linking house to detached garage.
51 Howick Park Avenue Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0LS
Received 27 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00550/VAR
Variation of condition 2 of planning approval 07/2016/0659/FUL as varied by 07/2019/6324/VAR to amend the main access point for the apartments
Apartment A 155 - 161 Liverpool Road Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5AB
Received 27 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00551/CLD
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension, with lean to pitched roof
21 Windgate Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GR
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00553/CLD
Change of Use of existing residential dwellinghouse (C3(a) Use) to Children's Care Home for 2no. Children aged 8 to 18 (C2 Use) with a manager and two carers on a rota basis (9am -5pm).
2 Allington Close Walton-le-dale Preston Lancashire PR5 4NL
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decided07/2024/00554/PIP
Application for Permission in Principle for erection of up to 1no. dwellinghouse (following demolition of existing buildings).
Low Barn Pine Avenue Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LB
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00555/NEI
INSTALLATION OF 49.9 MEGAWATT SOLAR FARM WITH ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING: SERIES OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES IN ARRAYS WITH STRING CONVERTERS. TRANSFORMERS, SUBSTATION, FENCING AND THERMAL CCTV CAMERAS, ACCESS TRACKS, CABLING, LANDSCAPING AND OTHER HABITAT CREATION
Clifton Marsh Farm Preston New Road Newton With Clifton Preston PR4 0XE
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00556/HOH
Part single part double storey extension to side and rear of the dwelling house. Proposed canopy to rear. Change of building materials to include white render and composite wood effect cladding
20 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DR
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decided07/2024/00557/PIP
Permission in principle for the demolition of existing outbuildings and the construction of upto one dwelling
Meadowside 163 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TH
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Decided07/2024/00558/PIP
Permission in principle for the demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and construction of up to two detached dwellings (Amended Description)
Meadowside 163 Ratten Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5TH
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00560/HOH
Retrospective conversion of existing integral garage into annex and single storey rear extension (Amended Description)
12 Wyresdale Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DR
Received 30 Jul 2024 - Unknown07/2024/00561/NEI
Proposed removal of existing modular contractors buildings and fencing. Installation of replacement 3m high fencing and modular welfare and office buildings pursuant to variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 3/2024/0093 to reflect alterations to the design of the contractor compounds.
BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LB
Received 29 Jul 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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