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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 dates12,935Searchable applications
13Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 10,778 approved or refused records
577Refused applications
10,201 approved · 577 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown07/2026/00206/HOH
Erection of sauna, covered outdoor kitchen, pump house and shed outbuildings following collapse of summerhouse outbuilding
The Vault Moss House Lane Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4TE
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00207/DIS
Discharge of conditions 5, 20 and 24 pursuant to permission 07/2025/00406/FUL for Full planning application for phased residential development (Three phases - Use Class C3) of 121 dwellings with associated landscaping, access/ egress, car parking, drainage, and other necessary supporting infrastructure
Land Between Branch Road and Myerscough Smithy Lane Balderstone Lancashire
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00208/DIS
Discharge of conditions 8, 17 and 18 pursuant to permission 07/2025/00406/FUL for Full planning application for phased residential development (Three phases - Use Class C3) of 121 dwellings with associated landscaping, access/ egress, car parking, drainage, and other necessary supporting infrastructure
Land Between Branch Road and Myerscough Smithy Lane Balderstone Lancashire
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00209/DIS
Discharge of conditions 27 and 28 pursuant to permission 07/2025/00406/FUL for Full planning application for phased residential development (Three phases - Use Class C3) of 121 dwellings with associated landscaping, access/ egress, car parking, drainage, and other necessary supporting infrastructure
Land Between Branch Road and Myerscough Smithy Lane Balderstone Lancashire
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00210/FUL
Proposed change of use from Commercial Industrial Storage Unit (Use Class B2: General Industry and B8: Storage and Distribution) to Indoor Golf Simulation Driving Range (Use Class E(d)) with 6no. individual golf simulation booths and associated works, together with separate office unit (Use Class E(g)(i))
Unit 12 Tomlinson Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00211/ADV
Advertisement Consent for 2no. wall mounted display signs with low level top illumination
Unit 12 Tomlinson Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 2DY
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00212/NEI
Retention of additional 8 CCTV columns (5 x 6m, 3 x 4m) on concrete pads and wire fencing including gates 3m high.
BAE Systems Operations Ltd Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 13 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00213/TPO
Single ash tree to reat ofproperty - ash dieback - fell TPO 2001 No 4 T6
22 Thornfield Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4HE
Received 14 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00214/HOH
Conservatory to the rear of the property.
15 St Cuthberts Road Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5TH
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00215/HPD
Application for prior approval for single storey rear extension. Proposed length - 6m maximum height - 2.9m and height to eaves - 2.9m
66 Marina Grove Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SR
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00216/TPO
Oak - T2 on the TPO 3494 (dated 16th April 2013) Thin the crown, primarily on the West side of the tree, as the weight of the tree is beginning to make it lean Westward - and the branches are directly over the property (125 Chapel Lane).
125 Chapel Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5NA
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00217/FUL
Replacement windows to ground floor flat
50 Higher Croft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9DH
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00218/HOH
Erection of a single storey side extension
9 Garforth Crescent Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6SS
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00220/HOH
Single Storey Side and Rear Wraparound Extension (AMENDED DESCRIPTION)
9 Kennett Drive Leyland Lancashire PR25 3QW
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00221/HOH
Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension
57 Broad Oak Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0UY
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00222/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement non-illuminated signage scheme
9 - 11 Towngate Leyland Lancashire PR25 2EN
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00224/CLU
Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm the location of shed in front garden is lawful, which is used in association with residential property for domestic storage
27 Coote Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5JD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00225/TPO
Large sycamore tree in property of 15 Kentmere Drive, has been confirmed dead by LES Tree Services and it is our intention to cut back the tree to make it safe on the 27th of March. A replacement Sycamore tree will be planted as close to original as possible
15 Kentmere Drive Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5EP
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00226/OUT
Outline application (including matters of access, layout and scale) with some matters reserved (appearance and landscaping) for the erection of 2no. self-build/custom-build detached dwellinghouses with associated works as a phased development (replacing Plot 2 of planning permission 07/2026/00265/FUL).
Land Off Newgate Lane Whitestake Lancashire PR4 4JU
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00227/FUL
Following planning approval of 07/2024/00943/FUL to change the age range of Teenagers - Young Adults Care Home with care provided 24 hours a day up to three carers on a shift basis to care for three teenagers age range 12 to 17 (C2 Use Class)
7 Bridge View Close Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4TG
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided07/2026/00228/NMA
Non material amendment to application ref. 07/2022/00106/REM (change in external appearance/use of materials to plots B471-B507, B594 and C1-C113 together with regularisation of previously agreed updated affordable housing scheme)
Test Track Aston Way Moss Side Industrial Estate Leyland Lancashire PR26 7TZ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00229/HOH
Demolition of existing garage and erection of single storey side extension to create annex
5 Ingleborough Way Leyland Lancashire PR25 4ZS
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00230/TPO
T1 - Oak - Remove TWO large limbs that extend over the boundary from Nan Holes Wood to within 3m of the property.T2 - T6 - ASH - FELL a cluster of suppressed specimens of FIVE trees that are showing signs of Ash Dieback that are within close proximity and extend over the boundary from Nan Holes WoodT7 - T11 - ASH - FELL a cluster of suppressed specimens of FIVE trees that are showing signs of Ash Dieback that are within close proximity and extend over the boundary from Nan Holes Wood
4 Edgley Court Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 4BJ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Unknown07/2026/00231/CLD
Construction of a single storey rear extension
34 Windgate Much Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 4GR
Received 21 Mar 2026
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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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