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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22,397 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
LAND REAR OF, MEADOW FARM, LONGRIDGE ROAD, THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY, LONGRIDGE
Received 3 Oct 200016 Thorn Street Sabden Lancashire BB7 9EY
Received 9 Jan 2008Crag House Fish House Lane Chipping Lancashire
Received 9 Jan 2008Whalley C E Primary School Church Lane Whalley Lancashire
Received 7 Jan 2008Staple Oak Trough Road Dunsop Bridge Lancashire BB7 3BG
Received 8 Jan 200868 Glendale Drive Mellor Lancashire BB2 7HD
Received 8 Jan 200812 Market Place Longridge Lancashire PR3 3JD
Received 8 Jan 2008Black Horse Inn Pimlico Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4PZ
Received 8 Jan 20081) close to Jubilee Bridge next to footpath on Lower Holme Field; 2) Watt Street end of Riverside Walk.
Received 8 Jan 2008The Old Vicarage Shire Lane Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QR
Received 8 Jan 2008The Old Vicarage Shire Lane Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QR
Received 8 Jan 2008TACKLERS COTTAGE, 7 YORK LANE, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 3 Oct 2000Keepers Cottage Old Langho Road Old Langho Lancashire
Received 8 Jan 2008Old Wesleyan School Union Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2NH
Received 14 Jan 2008Cowgill House Gisburn Road Sawley Lancashire BB7 4LH
Received 11 Jan 2008Acorn Barn Oakmount Ribchester Road Clayton-Le-Dale Lancs
Received 10 Jan 2008Carr Hall Farm Whalley Road Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 9LJ
Received 15 Jan 2008Weavers Arms Market Place Longridge Lancashire PR3 3RR
Received 15 Jan 2008Primrose Cottage Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green Lancashire
Received 14 Jan 2008Hadlea 26 Whinney Lane Langho Lancashire BB6 8DQ
Received 15 Jan 2008Pinfold Barn Pinfold Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3BH
Received 16 Jan 2008The Close Read Hall Read Lancashire BB12 7RF
Received 16 Jan 200818 Mearley Syke Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 24 Aug 20054 CLAREMONT AVENUE, CLITHEROE, BB7 1JN
Received 4 Oct 2000Records 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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