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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22,421 approved · 3,925 refused · 1,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
36 Pendleton Road Wiswell Clitheroe BB7 9DD
Received 5 Aug 201141 The Hazels Wilpshire BB1 9HZ
Received 3 Aug 20112 Valley Terrace Simonstone Lane Simonstone Burnley Lancs BB12 7NT
Received 4 Aug 2011Fields Farm House Sawley Road Grindleton Clitheroe Lancs BB7 4QS
Received 4 Aug 2011Law Farm Trapp Lane Simonstone Burnley Lancs BB12 7JE
Received 9 Aug 2011Law Farm Trapp Lane Simonstone Burnley Lancashire BB12 7JE
Received 9 Aug 201115 Somerset Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2BE
Received 8 Aug 2011Carr Meadow Barn Carr Lane Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LN
Received 8 Aug 2011Deneley Stopper Lane Rimington Nr Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4DU
Received 9 Aug 2011Kemple View Longsight Road Langho Blackburn BB6 8BW
Received 10 Aug 20114 CRUMPAX AVENUE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 5 Nov 2001Kemple View Longsight Road Langho Blackburn BB6 8DW
Received 10 Aug 2011Moor Game Hall Old Clitheroe Road Dutton Preston PR3 2YU
Received 10 Aug 2011Seven Acre Cottage Forty Acre Lane Longridge Lancashire PR3 2TY
Received 8 Aug 2011Chadwicks Farm Settle Road Bolton By Bowland Clitheroe BB7 4NT
Received 10 Aug 2011Chadwicks Farm Settle Road Bolton By Bowland Clitheroe BB7 4Nt
Received 10 Aug 2011Calder Vale Park Simonstone Lane Simonstone Burnley BB12 7ND
Received 9 Aug 20111 Franklin Hill Brockhall Village Old Langho Blackburn BB6 8HY
Received 16 Aug 20112 Franklin Hill Brockhall Village Old Langho Blackburn BB6 8HY
Received 16 Aug 2011Lyndon Northcote Road Langho Lancs BB6 8BG
Received 18 Aug 201137 Bradyll Court Brockhall Village Old Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8AS
Received 17 Aug 2011THE HEALTH CENTRE, KING STREET, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 15 Nov 2001The Croft Lane Side Farm Alston Lane Alston Preston Lancashire PR3 3BN
Received 18 Aug 2011Sunnymede Ribblesdale Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2HZ
Received 19 Aug 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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