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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22,403 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,940 withdrawn.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: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Little Tinkers Nursery 54 West View Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1DG
Received 17 Jun 2010Craven Fold Farm Dinkley Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8AN
Received 18 Jun 2010MOORCOCK FARM, CLITHEROE ROAD, DUTTON, PR3 2YT
Received 27 Mar 200011 Newlands Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2PU
Received 18 Jun 2010Cross Gills Farm Whalley Road Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QJ
Received 18 Jun 2010land off the B6478 following a minor road from which an existing track leads into a field.
Received 18 Jun 2010Higher Birks House Birks Brow Thornley-with-Wheatly Lancashire
Received 17 Jun 2010The Hawthorns Rimington Lane Rimington Lancashire
Received 17 Jun 20108-10 Windy Street Chipping Lancashire PR3 2GD
Received 18 Jun 20105 Dewhurst Road Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8AF
Received 22 Jun 20102 Halton Place Longridge Lancashire PR3 3RJ
Received 21 Jun 2010Victoria Street Longridge Lancashire
Received 18 Jun 201019 Browgate Sawley BB7 4NB
Received 2 Jul 200436 Church Lane Mellor Blackburn Lancashire
Received 7 Oct 2005HOUGHER FALL FARM, OLD CLITHEROE ROAD, DUTTON, PRESTON
Received 12 Oct 2000former De Tabley Arms Ribchester Road Clayton-le-Dale Lancs
Received 22 Jun 2010Whittakers Farm Back Lane Read Lancashire BB12 7SA
Received 18 Jun 20105 Over Hacking Cottages Stonyhurst Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 18 Jun 2010The Barn (no 2) High House Farm Dilworth Longridge Lancahsire
Received 22 Jun 2010106 Ribchester Road Clayton-Le-DaleLancashire BB1 9HQ
Received 22 Jun 2010Dusty Clough Barn Green Lane Chipping Lancashire PR3 2TQ
Received 22 Jun 2010East Bank 78 Whalley Road Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 9LF
Received 23 Jun 2010Calderstones Park Mitton Road Whalley Lancashire
Received 23 Jun 2010THE BUNGALOW, THE FOLLIES, VICARAGE LANE, WILPSHIRE, BLACKBURN BB1 9HX
Received 29 Aug 2000Records 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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