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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22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Walter Carefoot & Sons Ltd Blackpool Road Longridge Lancashire
Received 29 Jul 2009Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Sixth Form Centre York Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2DJ
Received 29 Jul 2009MARYLEBONE FARM, WHITTAKERS LANE, OFF BOWLAND GATE LANE, WEST BRADFORD
Received 3 Mar 20004 Piggery Cottages Withgill Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3LN
Received 29 Jul 2009Todber Caravan Park Burnley Road Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4JJ
Received 27 Jul 2009Dale Hey Farm Preston Road Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XL
Received 30 Jul 20094 Ennerdale Road Longridge Lancashire PR3 3FX
Received 30 Jul 2009Edisford Bridge Farm Edisford Bridge Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3LT
Received 31 Jul 2009Tythe Barn House Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QR
Received 31 Jul 2009Sunderland Hall Farm Nightfield Lane Balderstone Lancashire
Received 31 Jul 2009Traffic island at the junction of Myerscough Smithy Road and Longsight Road (A59) Mellor.
Received 31 Jul 200944 PENDLE ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 1JQ
Received 28 Mar 2000Chipping Congregational Church Garstang Road Chipping Lancs
Received 31 Jul 200964 Berry Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3WH
Received 3 Aug 2009Old Wesleyan School Union Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2NH
Received 3 Aug 200918 Clitheroe Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9AB
Received 3 Aug 200926 Whalley Road Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8ES
Received 3 Aug 2009land adjacent to The Coach House Whalley Road Wilpshire Blackburn Lancashire BB1 9JT
Received 4 Aug 2009Tesco Stores Ltd Duck Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1LP
Received 4 Aug 2009Victoria House Worston Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1QA
Received 4 Aug 2009Higher Seed Green Farm Stonygate Lane Knowle Green Lancs
Received 5 Aug 2009BROADHEAD FARM, PLECKGATE ROAD, RAMSGREAVE, BLACKBURN BB1 8QU
Received 25 Sept 20007 York Lane Langho Lancashire BB6 8DT
Received 5 Aug 2009Roefield Specialist Care Ltd Thistle Manor Edisford Road Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 5 Aug 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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