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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.
22,403 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,940 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Central Garage Manor Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TE
Received 28 Jan 201018 BLEASDALE AVENUE, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 30 May 2001land adjacent to 8 Mary Street West Longridge Lancashire
Received 1 Feb 2010Ribblesdale Park Mill Lane Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4LP
Received 1 Feb 2010land adjacent 26 Dilworth Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3ST
Received 1 Feb 2010Kemple Down Birdy Brow Chaigley Lancashire BB7 3LR
Received 1 Feb 2010Moorcock House Slaidburn Road Waddington Lancashire
Received 2 Feb 201016 Abbey Fields Whalley Lancashire BB7 9RS
Received 2 Feb 201014 Buckingham Drive Read Lancashire BB12 7QE
Received 3 Feb 2010Old Manchester Offices Whalley New Road Billington Lancashire
Received 2 Feb 201015 Knowsley Road Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 9PX
Received 3 Feb 201014 Green Drive Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2BB
Received 4 Feb 2010ROSMALIN, MYERSCOUGH ROAD, MELLOR BROOK, BLACKBURN
Received 31 May 2001Browsholme Hall nr Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3DE
Received 4 Feb 201044a Lower Ground Floor York Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2DL
Received 22 Jan 2010field 5800 off the B6478 near Newton
Received 4 Feb 2010Brabins Endowed Primary School Longridge Road Chipping Lancashire PR3 2QD
Received 4 Feb 2010Denisfield House Rimington Lane Rimington Lancashire BB7 4DP
Received 8 Feb 2010Chadswell Hall Chipping Road Chaigley Lancashire BB7 3LT
Received 8 Feb 2010Lower Paradise Farm Horton-in-Craven Skipton Nth Yorkshire
Received 8 Feb 2010The Brabins Shop Talbot Street Chipping Lancashire PR3 2QE
Received 9 Feb 2010THE BARN, SAWLEY ROAD, GRINDLETON, CLITHEROE
Received 5 Jun 2001The Old School 27 Windy Street Chipping Lancashire PR3 2GD
Received 9 Feb 201029 Moorland Crescent Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4PY
Received 9 Feb 2010Records 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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