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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22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Three Fishes Mitton Road Great Mitton Lancashire BB7 9PQ
Received 16 Dec 2008Three Fishes Inn Mitton Road Great Mitton Lancashire BB7 9PQ
Received 16 Dec 2008Rowan Cottage Old Clitheroe Road Dutton Lancashire PR3 2YU
Received 17 Dec 2008Watery Gate Farm Bleasdale Preston Lancashire PR3 1UU
Received 17 Dec 2008Wallbanks Farm Chipping Road Chaigley Lancashire BB7 3LX
Received 18 Dec 2008Longridge Pet Store 80 Berry Lane Longridge Lancashire
Received 18 Dec 20083 HIGHER HODDER COTTAGES, CHIPPING ROAD, CHAIGLEY
Received 11 Dec 2000Hall Barns Farm Stonyhurst Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9PT
Received 19 Dec 2008Farrick Barn Fair Oak Farm Leagram-in-Bowland Chipping Lancs
Received 19 Dec 200872A Whalley Road Read Lancashire BB12 7PB
Received 22 Dec 2008The Cottage Lower Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3SL
Received 22 Dec 2008Land to rear of 26 Whittingham Road Longridge PR3 2AA
Received 22 Dec 2008The Cottage Newton-in-Bowland Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 22 Dec 200814 Calder Avenue Billington Lancashire BB7 9NQ
Received 23 Dec 2008Whitestones Farm Bolton-by-Bowland Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 23 Dec 2008Whitestones Farm Bolton-by-Bowland Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 23 Dec 200833 King Street Whalley Lancashire BB7 9SP
Received 5 Jan 200844 St Peters Close Clayton-Le-Dale Lancashire
Received 31 Aug 20054 SHAWBRIDGE STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 20 Feb 20017 Larkhill Cottages Old Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8AR
Received 5 Jan 20081 Accrington Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TD
Received 5 Jan 2009Barn Croft Kiln Lane Paythorne Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4JD
Received 5 Jan 2009Eel Beck Farm Rimington Lane Rimington Lancashire BB7 4ED
Received 6 Jan 2009The Granary Sunnyside Avenue Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3ZE
Received 24 Dec 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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