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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22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 King Street Whalley BB7 9SW
Received 23 Sept 200863 King Street Whalley Lancashire BB7 9SW
Received 23 Sept 2008Edisford Hall Cottages Edisford Road Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 24 Sept 2008HIGHER HIGHFIELD FARM, TINKLERS LANE, SLAIDBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 15 Sept 2000The Sanctuary of Healing and Organic Cafe Dewhurst Road Langho Lancashire BB6 8AF
Received 24 Sept 2008Land at Calderstones Park Whalley Lancashire
Received 24 Sept 200835-39 Whalley Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1EE
Received 24 Sept 2008Archway House Sawley Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4LE
Received 25 Sept 2008Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Road Balderstone Blackburn BB2 7LF
Received 25 Sept 2008Fairfields 36 Barker Lane Mellor Blackburn BB2 7ED
Received 23 Sept 2008Thistle Manor Edisford Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3LA
Received 24 Sept 2008Cuttock Clough House Mill Lane Waddington Clitheroe BB7 3JJ
Received 24 Sept 2008Greenside 13 Downham Road Chatburn Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4AU
Received 26 Sept 2008Rodhill House Smalden Lane Grindleton Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4RX
Received 26 Sept 2008LONGWORTH HOUSE, HIGHER RAMSGREAVE ROAD, RAMSGREAVE, BLACKBURN
Received 4 Dec 2000Ribble Valley Remembrance Park Mitton Road Whalley Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 29 Sept 2008Swallow Barn Osbaldeston Lane Osbaldeston Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LY
Received 29 Sept 2008The Hawthorns 39 Peel Park Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1JR
Received 26 Sept 2008Chatburn C E Primary School Sawley Road Chatburn Clitheroe BB7 4AS
Received 29 Sept 2008Tinkerfield Old Clitheroe Road Dutton Preston Lancashire PR3 2YU
Received 30 Sept 20081 Greenacres Read Nr Burnley Lancs BB12 7PT
Received 30 Sept 20087 St Marys Gardens Mellor Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7JW
Received 30 Sept 20083 Accrington Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TD
Received 30 Sept 20084 Calderstones Drive Whalley Clitheroe BB7 9JB
Received 1 Oct 2008Records 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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