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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22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 The Woodlands Brockhall Village Old Langho Blackburn Lancs
Received 17 Apr 2009Hollins Farm Clerk Hill Road Sabden Lancashire BB7 9FR
Received 27 Apr 2009Hungrill Farm Holden Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4PA
Received 28 Apr 200936 Henthorn Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2NU
Received 28 Apr 200912 Newlands Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2PU
Received 30 Apr 2009Lambing Clough Farm Lambing Clough Lane Hurst Green Lancs
Received 30 Apr 2009Lambing Clough Barn Lambing Clough Lane Hurst Green Lancs
Received 30 Apr 2009land adjacent to Forest Becks Brow Bolton-by-Bowland Lancs
Received 27 Apr 2009Lower Monubent Farm Hellifield Road Bolton By Bowland Lancashire BB7 4LY
Received 30 Apr 2009Lower Monubent Farm Hellifield Road Bolton-by-Bowland Lancs
Received 30 Apr 2009PLOT 3, CHAPEL CLOSE, UNION STREET, LOW MOOR
Received 25 Jun 2001Lower Monubent Farm Hellifield Road Bolton-by-Bowland Lancs
Received 30 Apr 2009land off the B6478 following a minor road from which an existing tack leads into a field.
Received 27 Apr 2009Sir Johns and Lords Park Woods Whalley
Received 23 Apr 2009Moreton Hall Farm Whalley Lancashire BB7 9DW
Received 28 Apr 200959 Hob Green Mellor Lancashire BB2 7EP
Received 28 Apr 200956 Chatburn Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2AP
Received 29 Apr 2009Ellerbeck Hall Woodhouse Lane Slaidburn Lancashire BB7 3AH
Received 5 May 20095 Peel Park Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1EU
Received 6 May 2009The Stables Duck Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1LP
Received 6 May 2009Alston Lane R C School Preston Road Longridge Lancashire
Received 7 May 2009CRAGWOOD, THE DENE, HURST GREEN, CLITHEROE BB7 9QF
Received 25 Jun 2001Clitheroe Castle grounds (top of the south eastern flanks of the rock outcrop above Moor Lane)
Received 1 May 2009Time Technology Park Blackburn Road Simonstone Lancashire
Received 5 May 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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