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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22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Downham Village Hall Pendle Road Downham Lancashire
Received 3 Jun 20093 & 4 The Finches Primrose Hill Saccary Lane Mellor Lancashire
Received 2 Jun 20093 Mellor Brow Mellor Lancashire BB2 7EX
Received 5 Jun 2009Mellor Brook & District Community Centre Whalley Road Mellor Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7PR
Received 5 Jun 200960 ST. MARYS GARDENS, MELLOR, BLACKBURN
Received 23 Mar 2000Dutton Hall Gallows Lane Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XX
Received 3 Jun 2009Dutton Hall Gallows Lane Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XX
Received 3 Jun 20092A Whalley Road Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QJ
Received 2 Jun 20097 Copster Drive Longridge Lancashire PR3 3SH
Received 8 Jun 200921 Barnacre Road Longridge Lancashire PR3 2PD
Received 8 Jun 2009Ribblesdale Park Gisburn Lancashire
Received 9 Jun 2009Shireburn Caravan Park Edisford Road Waddington Lancashire
Received 10 Jun 200916 The Grove Whalley Lancashire BB7 9RN
Received 8 Jun 2009Carholme Farm Settle Lane Paythorne Lancashire BB7 4JB
Received 8 Jun 200910 Limefield Avenue Whalley Lancashire BB7 9RJ
Received 8 Jun 2009BARN ADJACENT DUTTON HALL, GALLOWS LANE, DUTTON, PRESTON PR3 3XX
Received 23 Mar 2000land adjacent to Whalley Road Sabden Lancashire
Received 9 Jun 20091 The Grove Whalley Lancashire BB7 9RN
Received 9 Jun 2009Thimble Cottage 2 East View Terrace Pendleton BB7 1PZ
Received 10 Jun 200911 New Row Cottages Knowle Green PR3 2YS
Received 11 Jun 2009The Shajan Indian Restaurant Longsight Road Clayton-le-Dale Lancashire
Received 10 Jun 2009Edisford Bridge Farm Edisford Bridge Clitheroe Lancs BB7 3LJ
Received 9 Jun 2009Mayfield Ribchester Road Salesbury Lancashire
Received 11 Jun 2009Maveril Ribchester Road Clayton-Le-Dale Lancashire BB1 9EE
Received 10 Jun 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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