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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Ribble Valley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Ribble Valley website
22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Paradise Farm Horton BD23 3JT
Received 28 Aug 2013Spout Farm Preston Road Longridge PR3 3BE
Received 1 Sept 2013Fairlawns Lower Lane Longridge PR3 3SQ
Received 29 Aug 2013Rylstone 47 Edisford Road Clitheroe BB7 3LA
Received 29 Jul 2013Holden Clough Holden Bolton-by-Bowland Lancashire BB7 4PE
Received 2 Sept 2013Horton Grange Farm Horton in Craven Skipton BD23 3JT
Received 30 Aug 20131 Ash Lane Longridge PR3 3HE
Received 5 Sept 20132 COLTHIRST DRIVE, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 11 Jul 2002Millwood Manor Franklin Hill Brockhall Village Blackburn BB6 8HJ
Received 5 Sept 2013Great Mitton Hall Mitton Road Mitton Whalley Lancashire BB7 9PQ
Received 19 Aug 2013Jones Stroud Insulations Queen Street Longridge Lancashire
Received 2 Sept 2013The Hawthorns Rimington Lane Rimington BB7 4DP
Received 3 Sept 2013Coach House Trapp Lane Simonstone BB12 7QW
Received 6 Sept 2013Tops Farm Cross Edge Accrington BB6 3SD
Received 6 Sept 2013Jacksons Barn Bolton by Bowland Rd Sawley
Received 6 Sept 201318 Ribblesdale Road Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3YL
Received 11 Sept 2013GOOSNARGH & LONGRIDGE SHOW SITE, LOWER LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 9 Jul 2001Staple Oak Trough Road Dunsop Bridge
Received 6 Sept 2013Hackings Caravan Park Potterfold Farm Elker Lane Billington
Received 5 Sept 2013The Abattoir Clerk Hill Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9DR
Received 11 Sept 2013Cruck Cottage Little Bowland Road Whitewell Clitheroe Lancs
Received 11 Sept 2013Land at end of Severn Street Longridge Lancashire PR3 3ND
Received 11 Sept 2013Falcon House Whalley Road Sabden BB7 9DZ
Received 6 Sept 20132 Highwoods Park Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HN
Received 3 Sept 2013Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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