New housing in South Ribble Borough Council
We read South Ribble Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 7,364 of its planning applications going back to 2024, and 75 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 334% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 334% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 7,364
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 31 | 7 |
| 2025 | 63 | 26 | 4 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 56 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Land East Of Leyland Road / South Of Factory Lane Penwortham Lancashire Outline Planning Application including details of access with all other matters reserved for erection of up to 250 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), with access from Leyland Road together with public open space… 07/2026/00357/OUT | Awaiting decision | 13 May 2026 |
| 200 | Land South Of Church Lane and West Of Croston Road Farrington Farington Moss Leyland Lancashire PR26 6RD REQUEST FOR SCREENING OPINION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 6 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017 - Outline planning application for the development of up to 200 dwellings… 07/2026/00406/SCE | Approved | 1 Jun 2026 |
| 161 | Land Off Walton Gardens Liverpool Road Hutton Lancashire PR4 5SF REQUEST FOR SCREENING OPINION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 6 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017 - Residential development of 161 dwellings with associated landscaping… 07/2025/00913/SCE | Approved | 13 Nov 2025 |
| 121 | Land South Of Myerscough Smithy Road/West Of Branch Road Mellor Brook Lancashire 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… 07/2025/00406/FUL | Approved | 3 Jun 2025 |
| 105 | Land Next To Daub Hall Lane Daub Hall Lane Hoghton Lancashire Residential development consisting of 105 no. dwellings (including 37no. affordable units), together with associated parking, substation, private amenity space, boundary treatments, public open space and landscaping to… 07/2025/00957/FUL | Awaiting decision | 8 Dec 2025 |
| 10 | 59 Stanifield Lane Farington Leyland Lancashire PR25 4QA Retrospective change of use from former drinking establishment (Sui Generis use class) to C3 (residential). Conversion and extension following demolition of rear extension to create 10 apartments 07/2025/00159/FUL | Approved | 6 Mar 2025 |
| 9 | Lindle Business Park Lindle Lane Hutton Lancashire Demolition of offices (use class E) and the erection of 9no. dwellings (use class C3) 07/2025/00934/FUL | Approved | 25 Nov 2025 |
| 9 | 96-100 Marsh Lane Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5ZL Demolition of 96 Marsh Lane and associated structures and outline application for the erection of up to 9 dwellings (access only) on land associated with 96, 98 and 100 Marsh Lane. 07/2025/00570/OUT | Approved | 8 Aug 2025 |
| 8 | Land South Of Pine Avenue Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LB Outline application for access only (with all other matters reserved) for the demolition of storage buildings and the erection of up to 8 dwellings. 07/2025/00376/OUT | Approved | 28 May 2025 |
| 6 | Land Between 196 and 208 Liverpool Road Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5HB Erection of up to 6 dwellings 07/2025/00237/PIP | Awaiting decision | 27 Mar 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: South Ribble Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.