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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22,412 approved · 3,924 refused · 1,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Smithy Cottage Barn Walker Fold Chaigley Lancashire BB7 3LU
Received 28 Mar 2011Samlesbury Aerodrome Balderstone Lancashire BB2 7LF
Received 28 Mar 2011122 HACKING DRIVE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 20 Feb 200389 Hacking Drive Longridge Lancashire PR3 3EP
Received 25 Mar 2011Primrose Cottage 4 Main Street Bolton By Bowland Lancashire
Received 25 Mar 2011Primrose Cottage 4 Main Street Bolton By Bowland Lancashire
Received 25 Mar 20113 Hall Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1HJ
Received 28 Mar 2011Bambers Lane Ends Bolton-by-Bowland Lancashire
Received 29 Mar 2011Ravenswing Eastham Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2HY
Received 29 Mar 201134 Beaver Close Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 9LB
Received 29 Mar 201114 Crow Trees Brow Chatburn Lancashire BB7 4AA
Received 30 Mar 2011The Cottage Newton-in-Bowland Lancashire
Received 29 Mar 2011land opposite 3 Elker Mews Billington Lancashire BB7 9NF
Received 30 Mar 2011EDISFORD ROAD DOSING STATION, EDISFORD ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 2LN
Received 20 Feb 200343 St. Peter's Close Salesbury Blackburn Lancashire BB1 9HH
Received 31 Mar 20112 Bushburn Drive Langho Lancashire BB6 8EZ
Received 31 Mar 20113 HighCliffe Greaves Slaidburn Road Grindleton Lancashire
Received 31 Mar 2011Horton Grange Cottage Horton Skipton Nth Yorkshire BD23 3JT
Received 31 Mar 2011Salthill Villa Salthill Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1PE
Received 31 Mar 201118 - 20 Berry Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 3JA
Received 31 Mar 2011Pendle Ski Club Clitheroe Road SabdenLancashire BB7 9HN
Received 1 Apr 2011Land off Chapel Close Low Moor Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2ND
Received 31 Mar 20118 Crumpax Meadows Longridge Lancashire
Received 1 Apr 2011Parlick Moss Lane Chipping Lancashire
Received 1 Apr 2011Records 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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