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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.
22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 24 Dec 2008Mitton Green Farm Mitton Whalley Lancashire BB7 9PJ
Received 24 Dec 200812 Browgate Sawley Lancashire BB7 4NB
Received 24 Dec 2008Fields House Farm Edisford Road Waddington Lancashire
Received 5 Jan 2009Rocking Castle Main Street Grindleton Lancashire
Received 5 Jan 20094 SHAWBRIDGE STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 20 Feb 200119 Windy Street Chipping Preston Lancashire
Received 5 Jan 2009Parkside Bungalow Waddington Road Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 6 Jan 200965 Pendle Drive Calderstones Park Whalley Lancashire BB7 9JT
Received 7 Jan 20082 Kirkdale Road Langho Lancashire BB6 8EW
Received 8 Jan 2009Lyndale Loud Bridge Chipping Lancashire PR3 2NX
Received 6 Jan 200920 Hippings Way Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2PQ
Received 7 Jan 2009St Marys R C School Longsight Road Clayton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 7 Jan 2009Bambers Lane Ends Grindleton Lancashire
Received 6 Jan 2009Craven Fold Moorside Lane Wiswell Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 9DB
Received 6 Jan 2009Higher Woodcocks Farm Whinney Lane Langho
Received 15 Dec 2008CAR PARK, OFF CLUB LANE, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 21 Feb 200114 Crowtrees Brow Chatburn Lancashire BB7 4AA
Received 12 Jan 20086 Queen Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2LU
Received 12 Jan 200987 Hacking Drive Longridge Lancashire PR3 3EP
Received 12 Jan 200916 Berry Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3JA
Received 12 Jan 2009Gamble Hole Farm Back Lane Newton-in-Bowland Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 2009Westfield House West Bradford Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 12 Jan 2009Central Garage Back York Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2DW
Received 12 Jan 2009Records 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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