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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.
22,421 approved · 3,925 refused · 1,940 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garth Cottage Clitheroe Road Mitton Lancashire BB7 9PH
Received 2 Feb 2012Thistle Manor Edisford Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3LA
Received 6 Feb 2012Fishes And Peggy Hill Farm Henthorn Road Clitheroe BB7 3BY
Received 3 Feb 2012Fishes and Peggy Hill Farm Henthorn Road Clitheroe BB7 3BY Lancashire
Received 3 Feb 2012Fishes and Peggy Hill Farm Henthorn Road Clitheroe BB7 3BY Lancashire
Received 3 Feb 2012Radholme Laund Farm Cow Ark Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3DF
Received 3 Feb 2012Greenbank Quarry off Clitheroe Road Beacon Fell Longridge Preston Lancashire
Received 25 Oct 20056 WHEATLEY DRIVE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 28 Feb 20032 Huntsmans Cottages Woodfold Park Further Lane Mellor Lancs
Received 1 Feb 201266 Derby Road Longridge Lancashire PR3 3FE
Received 6 Feb 2012Tiggis (formerly La Scala) Longsight Road Clayton-le-Dale Lancs
Received 7 Feb 2012West Meath Jacksons Lane Balderstone Lancashire
Received 8 Feb 201216 Crow Trees Brow Chatburn Lancashire BB7 4AA
Received 9 Feb 201247 Avenue Road Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QB
Received 2 Feb 20122 Bronte Villas Longworth Road Billington Lancashire BB7 9TS
Received 2 Feb 2012Paddock Barn Rush Paddock Osbaldeston Lane Osbaldeston Lancashire
Received 10 Feb 2012Stables Barn Mill Lane Slaidburn Road Waddington Lancsashire
Received 9 Feb 2012Wilkin House Highfield Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1NE
Received 10 Feb 20124 CARTER FOLD, MELLOR, BLACKBURN BB2 7ER
Received 28 Feb 2003Glebe Cottage 16 Old Back Lane Wiswell BB7 9BS
Received 10 Feb 20124 Stanley Street Longridge Lancashire PR3 3NJ
Received 9 Feb 2012Alder House Alderford Close Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2QP
Received 10 Feb 2012White Bull Church Street Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XP
Received 10 Feb 2012White Bull Church Street Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XP
Received 10 Feb 2012Records 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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