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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Ribble Valley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
21,799 approved · 3,859 refused · 1,922 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Longridge High School Preston Road Longridge Lancashire
Received 20 Jan 2005POETRY BEDROOMS, STONYHURST COLLEGE, AVENUE ROAD, HURST GREEN, CLITHEROE
Received 7 Nov 200036 Higher Road Longridge Preston Lancs
Received 21 Jan 2005Salthill Barn Salthill Road Clitheroe Lancs
Received 11 Feb 2005The Campion Room & ground floor West Wing Stonyhurst College Hurst Green Clitheroe Lancs
Received 15 Feb 2005Lynton Longsight Road Clayton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 16 Feb 2005Croft Cottage Back Lane Rimington Lancashire
Received 15 Feb 2005Oak Lea Longridge Road Chipping Preston Lancs
Received 15 Feb 2005Camberley 2A Branch Road Mellor Lancashire
Received 15 Feb 2005Backridge Farm Twitter Lane Bashall Eaves Lancashire
Received 25 Feb 2005The Old Stables Slaidburn Road Newton-in-Bowland Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 25 Feb 2005De Tabley Ribchester Road Clayton-le-Dale
Received 1 Mar 2005POETRY BEDROOMS, STONYHURST COLLEGE, AVENUE ROAD, HURST GREEN, CLITHEROE
Received 7 Nov 2000Whitendale Farm, Dunsop Bridge, Clitheroe
Received 1 Mar 2005Whitendale Farm Dunsop Bridge Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 1 Mar 2005Whitendale Farm Dunsop Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 1 Mar 2005Storage building, at, Closes Hall Mews, Stump Cross Lane, Bolton-by-Bowland
Received 1 Mar 2005Stanley Dene Longsight Road Clayton-le-Dale Blackburn
Received 1 Mar 2005Land at northern most end of The Sidings Business Park, Whalley, Clitheroe
Received 1 Mar 2005Barrack Farm Chaigley Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 2 Mar 2005Land adjacent to Moor Lane Billington Moor Whalley Lancashire
Received 1 Mar 2005Rear of 9 and 1-3 Bridge Road Chatburn
Received 2 Mar 200512 Beauley Avenue Simonstone Burnley Lancashire BB12 7HU
Received 2 Mar 2005DALE VIEW COTTAGE, NEWBY LANE, RIMINGTON, CLITHEROE
Received 18 Jan 2001Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Ribble Valley 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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