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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22,421 approved · 3,925 refused · 1,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stanworth House York Street Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2HD
Received 18 Jul 20122 Hippings Way Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2PQ
Received 16 Jul 2012Unit 5 Friendship Mill Whalley Road Read Lancashire BB12 7PN
Received 19 Jul 2012Sharley Fold Farm Dixon Road Longridge Lancashire PR3 3JE
Received 18 Jul 20124 Fleming Square Longridge Lancashire PR3 3RT
Received 18 Jul 2012Newton Village Hall Newton-in-Bowland Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 26 Jun 2012Grange Farm Parsonage Road Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 4AG
Received 17 Jul 201214 Moor Field Whalley Lancashire BB7 9SA
Received 20 Jul 2012Cresta Ribchester Road Clayton-le-Dale Lancashire BB1 9NE
Received 20 Jul 2012LOWER SCARLOOM HOUSE, HOLDEN LANE, HOLDEN, CLITHEROE
Received 19 Feb 2002Pendle House 17 George Lane Read Lancashire BB12 7RQ
Received 20 Jul 2012Townson Bros (Fuel Services) Ltd Pendle Trading Estate Clitheroe Road Chatburn Lancashire
Received 16 Jul 2012Townson Bros (Fuel Services) Ltd Pendle Trading Estate Clitheroe Road Chatburn Lancashire
Received 16 Jul 201224 -28 Garnett Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2PA
Received 23 Jul 201222 St Peters Close Clayton-Le-Dale Lancashire BB1 9HH
Received 23 Jul 2012Land opposite Balderstone C Of E Primary School Commons Lane Balderstone Lancashire
Received 23 Jul 2012Moor House Farm Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Lancashie
Received 17 Jul 2012Mayfield 21 Whinney Lane Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8DQ
Received 12 Jul 20122 Hazel Grove Longridge Lancashire PR3 3HG
Received 17 Jul 2012Moor View Showley Road Clayton-le-Dale Lancashire
Received 18 Jul 2012LAND OPPOSITE, HIGH HOUSE FARM, HIGHER ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 24 Sept 20022 Halton Place Longridge Lancashire PR3 3RJ
Received 2 Jul 2012Edisford Hall Farmhouse Edisford Bridge Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 25 Jul 2012104 Chatburn Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2AT
Received 19 Jul 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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