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South Ribble: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

South Ribble Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, North West; within the county of LAN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lancashire County Council. ONS code E07000126.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by South Ribble for 2026–27: £241.28 of a £2,442.66 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)

Woodlea Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Woodlea Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as South Ribble reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

South Ribble: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£20,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£2.2 million
Cultural and related services	£3.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£7.0 million
Planning and development services	£3.6 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£4.6 million
Other services	£493,000
Total service expenditure	£21.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

South Ribble in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 116,113 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 44 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £22,788 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £635 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 20.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £213,267 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.8 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 88.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 167.1 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 4,210 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

50 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 28, Conservative and Unionist 16, Liberal Democrats 5, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 50 councillors, by ward

Clare Hunter (Labour Party) — Bamber Bridge East
Emma Stevens (Labour Party) — Bamber Bridge East
Caleb Tomlinson (Labour Party) — Bamber Bridge West
David Bollenberg (Labour Party) — Bamber Bridge West
Angela Turner (Liberal Democrats) — Broad Oak
Clare Burton-Johnson (Liberal Democrats) — Broad Oak
Kath Unsworth (Labour Party) — Broadfield
Matthew Tomlinson (Labour Party) — Broadfield
Pete Pillinger (Labour Party) — Buckshaw & Worden
Wesley Roberts (Labour Party) — Buckshaw & Worden
Deborah Ashton (Labour Party) — Charnock
Ian Watkinson (Labour Party) — Charnock
James Gleeson (Labour Party) — Coupe Green & Gregson Lane
Mathew Forshaw (Reform UK) — Coupe Green & Gregson Lane
Colin Sharples (Labour Party) — Earnshaw Bridge
Lou Jackson (Labour Party) — Earnshaw Bridge
Jacky Alty (Labour Party) — Farington East
Paul Wharton-Hardman (Labour Party) — Farington East
George Rear (Conservative and Unionist) — Farington West
Karen Walton (Conservative and Unionist) — Farington West
Connor Watson (Conservative and Unionist) — Hoole
John Rainsbury (Conservative and Unionist) — Hoole
David Howarth (Liberal Democrats) — Howick & Priory
David Shaw (Liberal Democrats) — Howick & Priory
James Lillis (Liberal Democrats) — Howick & Priory
Aniela Bylinski Gelder (Labour Party) — Leyland Central
Haydn Williams (Labour Party) — Leyland Central
Colin Coulton (Conservative and Unionist) — Longton & Hutton West
Julie Buttery (Conservative and Unionist) — Longton & Hutton West
Will King (Conservative and Unionist) — Longton & Hutton West
Elaine Stringfellow (Labour Party) — Lostock Hall
Lesley Pritchard (Labour Party) — Lostock Hall
Peter Gabbott (Labour Party) — Lostock Hall
James Flannery (Labour Party) — Middleforth
Joan Burrows (Conservative and Unionist) — Middleforth
Keith Martin (Labour Party) — Middleforth
Mary Green (Conservative and Unionist) — Moss Side
Michael Green (Conservative and Unionist) — Moss Side
Margaret Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — New Longton & Hutton East
Phil Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — New Longton & Hutton East
Jasmine Gleave (Conservative and Unionist) — Samlesbury & Walton
Peter Mullineaux (Conservative and Unionist) — Samlesbury & Walton
Jane Bell (Labour Party) — Seven Stars
Matthew Farnworth (Labour Party) — Seven Stars
Jo Hindle-Taylor (Labour Party) — St Ambrose
Nicky Peet (Labour Party) — St Ambrose
Chris Lomax (Labour Party) — Walton-le-Dale East
Hilary Bedford (Labour Party) — Walton-le-Dale East
Damian Bretherton (Conservative and Unionist) — Walton-le-Dale West
Matt Campbell (Conservative and Unionist) — Walton-le-Dale West

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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