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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22,421 approved · 3,925 refused · 1,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Lingfield Avenue Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1HA
Received 19 Sept 2012Bayley Arms Hotel Avenue Road Hurst Green Lancashire
Received 17 Sept 2012Rattenclough Farm Wesley Street Sabden Lancashire BB7 9EN
Received 19 Sept 2012ATKINSONS FARM, SETTLE ROAD, BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, CLITHEROE
Received 16 Oct 20023 Spinney Croft Longridge Lancashire PR3 3HQ
Received 18 Sept 201229 Moor Lane Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1BE
Received 13 Sept 2012McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Ribble Valley Enterprise Park Holm Road Barrow Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 9WF
Received 7 Sept 201211 Vale House Close Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TY
Received 24 Jul 2012The Former Sewage Works Sabden Lancashire BB7 9DU
Received 7 Sept 201264 Pendle Drive Whalley Lancashire BB7 9JT
Received 13 Aug 2012Lambing Clough Farm Lambing Clough Lane Hurst Green Lancs
Received 25 Sept 2012Stanley House Lowergate Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1AD
Received 14 Sept 2012Stanley House Lowergate Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1AD
Received 14 Sept 2012Blackburn Rovers Senior Training Centre and Lodge Old Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8FA
Received 21 Sept 201214 BERKELEY DRIVE, READ, BURNLEY
Received 17 Oct 200213 Woodfield View Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TB
Received 21 Sept 201210 Market Place Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2DA
Received 14 Sept 201210 Market Place Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2DA
Received 14 Sept 2012Blackburn Rovers Academy Brockhall Village Old Langho Blackburn Lancashire BB6 8FA
Received 26 Sept 2012land off Chapel Close Low Moor Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2ND
Received 24 Sept 2012Strawberry Fields Main Street Gisburn Lancashire BB7 4HN
Received 3 Sept 2012Thornton York Lane Langho Lancashire BB6 8EH
Received 30 Jul 2012Huntroyde Home Farm Huntroyde West Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QL
Received 24 Sept 2012Goose Chase Preston Road Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XL
Received 10 Aug 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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