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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Bobbin Mill Longridge Road Hurst Green BB7 9QW
Received 25 Feb 2013Pennine View Bleasdale PR3 1UT
Received 19 Feb 2013The Farmhouse Whalley Road Simonstone Burnley BB12 7HN
Received 12 Feb 2013T Heaton Carpets 2 West View clitheroe BB7 1DG
Received 25 Feb 2013Former Brown Leaves Hotel Longsight Road Copster Green BB1 9EU
Received 4 Mar 2013The Deer House Woodfold Hall Park Mellor BB2 7QA
Received 19 Feb 2013Ashton Eastham Street Clitheroe BB7 2HY
Received 18 Feb 2013Chipping Congregational Church Club Lane Chipping PR3 2QH
Received 26 Feb 201317 WHALLEY ROAD, WILPSHIRE, BLACKBURN
Received 23 Oct 200131 Bolland Prospect Clitheroe
Received 5 Mar 2012Oak Barn Norcross Farm Hothersall Lane Hothersall PR3 2XB
Received 5 Mar 2013Bay Horse Garage Ltd Longsight Road Osbaldeston
Received 25 Feb 20136 Vicarage Lane Wilpshire BB1 9HX
Received 6 Mar 2013Land at Preston Road Longridge Lancashire PR3 3BD
Received 5 Mar 2013Huntroyde Home Farm Huntroyde West Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QL
Received 5 Mar 201384 - 86 Lowergate Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1AG
Received 12 Feb 201331 Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7EX
Received 7 Mar 2013Bell Sykes Farm Catlow Road Slaidburn
Received 25 Feb 20134 Park Mews Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4ES
Received 25 Feb 2013Hill Top Bungalow Copster Green Blackburn BB1 9EP
Received 21 Jul 20041 PARK HEAD, ACCRINGTON ROAD, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 19 Nov 200138 Town End Farm Longridge Road Chipping Preston PR3 2QD
Received 21 Feb 2013The Vines Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3XL
Received 27 Feb 2013Land to the north of Huntroyde Home Farm Huntroyde West Whins Lane Simonstone
Received 18 Mar 2013Records 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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