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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22,401 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,937 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brungerley Building Waddow Hall Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3LD
Received 12 Nov 200910 BEECHWOOD AVENUE, CLITHEROE, BB7 1EZ
Received 20 Dec 200032 The Sands Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TL
Received 13 Nov 2009Lonmore Ribchester Road Clayton-Le-Dale Lancashire BB1 9EE
Received 13 Nov 2009Crannifer Cottage Garstang Road Chipping Lancashire PR3 2QH
Received 13 Nov 200919 Barn Croft Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1DY
Received 13 Nov 2009Brantwood West Bradford Road Waddington Lancashire BB7 3JD
Received 18 Nov 2009Bolton Peel Farm Bolton-by-Bowland Lancashire BB7 4NJ
Received 18 Nov 2009Ribblesdale Park Mill Lane Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4LP
Received 16 Nov 2009The Oaks Old Nab Road Whalley Old Road Langho Lancashire
Received 16 Nov 2009land at the end of Severn Street Longridge Lancashire
Received 16 Nov 2009HIGHER PARKHEAD COTTAGE, ACCRINGTON ROAD, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 21 Dec 2000Clitheroe Cricket & Tennis Club Chatburn Road Clitheroe Lancs
Received 18 Nov 200959 Fairfield Drive Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2PS
Received 18 Nov 200916 St Mary's Drive Langho Lancashire BB6 8DL
Received 17 Nov 2009Geno's 39 Berry Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3JN
Received 14 Oct 2009Twin Oaks Whins Lane Simonstone Burnley Lancashire BB12 7QR
Received 24 Nov 2009Ribblesdene Greenside Ribchester Lancashire PR3 32J
Received 24 Nov 200918 King Street Whalley Lancashire BB7 9SL
Received 24 Nov 2009The Heaning Dunsop Road Newton-in-Bowland Clitheroe Lancs BB7 3ED
Received 20 Nov 2009Sunnydale Baldwin Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2ED
Received 23 Nov 2009Ellerbeck Hall Woodhouse Lane Slaidburn BB7 3AH
Received 19 Nov 2009HIGHER PARKHEAD COTTAGE, ACCRINGTON ROAD, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 21 Dec 2000Ellerbeck Hall Woodhouse Lane Slaidburn Lancashire BB7 3AH
Received 19 Nov 2009Records 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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