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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.
22,412 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,940 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 28 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawk and Owl Cottages Crimpton Farm Easington Road Cow Ark Lancashire
Received 3 Dec 2010Cockerham Hall Saccary Lane Mellor Lancashire BB1 9DL
Received 3 Dec 2010Garden Cottage Hayhurst Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9RL
Received 3 Dec 2010ROSE COUNTY FOODS, GISBURN ROAD, SAWLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 12 Feb 20021 & 3 Windy Street Chipping Lancashire PR3 2GD
Received 2 Dec 201015 Brungerley Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2JB
Received 3 Dec 2010Lowerfields Lower Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3SQ
Received 3 Dec 2010Mason House Farm Clitheroe Road Bashall Eaves Lancashire
Received 6 Dec 2010Ashgrove House Shawbridge Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1LZ
Received 6 Dec 2010New Garage Mitton Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9JU
Received 7 Dec 2010Bowland Forest Eggs Hougher Fall Farm Old Clitheroe Road Dutton Lancashire
Received 6 Dec 20102 Dovedale Gardens Lower Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3SF
Received 6 Dec 201013 Main Street Bolton By Bowland Lancashire BB7 4NW
Received 3 Dec 2010B6478 Slaidburn adjacent to Baite Laithe
Received 7 Dec 2010SHAY LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SHAY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 18 Feb 2002Hill House Barn Sawley Road Grindleton Lancashire BB7 4QS
Received 8 Dec 2010The Barn Turner Fold Read Lancashire BB12 7QZ
Received 8 Dec 2010Dovesyke Farm Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford Lancashire
Received 9 Dec 2010Lower Fold Stables Northcote Road Langho Blackburn Lancashire
Received 7 Dec 201028 The Sands Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TL
Received 8 Dec 201028 The Sands Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TL
Received 8 Dec 2010Huckle Ing Barn Gisburn Road Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4LH
Received 8 Dec 2010Petre Farm Eggs 127 Whalley Road Wilpshire Lancashire
Received 9 Dec 2010Gibbon Bridge Hotel Green Lane Chipping Lancashire PR3 2TQ
Received 9 Dec 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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