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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.
22,397 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
1 Clitheroe Road Sabden Lancashire BB7 9HD
Received 2 May 2007The Old Farm House 50 Mellor Brow Mellor Lancashire BB2 7EX
Received 1 May 200738 Abbey Fields Whalley Lancashire BB7 9RS
Received 3 May 2007Thistleber Farm Rimington Lane Rimington Lancashire BB7 4EB
Received 4 May 200737 King Street Whalley Lancashire BB7 9SP
Received 8 May 2007Brunlea Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QU
Received 8 May 2007The Barn Chapel Lane Old Langho Lancashire
Received 4 May 2007Backridge Farm Twitter Lane Waddington Lancashire BB7 3LG
Received 4 May 2007PENDLE TANK, CHURN CLOUGH RESERVOIR, OFF WESLEY STREET, SABDEN, CLITHEROE
Received 6 Apr 2001Hartopp 104 Whalley Road Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 9LJ
Received 4 May 2007Waddington Methodist Church The Square Waddington Lancashire
Received 4 May 200783 Taylor Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1NL
Received 4 May 2007Marl Barn Tosside Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 8 May 20071 Jamieson Cottages Clitheroe Road Dutton Lancashire
Received 8 May 2007Strathaven Whalley Road Billington Lancashire BB7 9LG
Received 8 May 2007Coppice Farm Mill Lane Gisburn Lancashire
Received 8 May 20074 Hospital Cottages Ribchester Road Ribchester Lancashire
Received 8 May 2007Higher Newfield Edge Burnley Road Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4JN
Received 8 May 2007Horton Grange Horton-in-Craven Skipton Nth Yorkshire BD23 3JT
Received 9 May 2007ROBINSONS COTTAGE, EASINGTON ROAD, SLAIDBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 6 Apr 2001Alderleigh Henthorn Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2QF
Received 11 May 2007Greendale Mill Buck Street Grindleton Lancashire
Received 11 May 20073 Accrington Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TD
Received 10 May 2007Riddings Farm Birdy Brow Chaigley Lancashire BB7 3LR
Received 10 May 2007Records 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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