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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 Pimlico Road Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2AH
Received 27 Jun 2013THE SAW MILL, SAWLEY LODGE ESTATE, SAWLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 10 Oct 200247 Avenue Road Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QB
Received 3 Jul 2013The Chalet Lower Newhouse Farm Cross Lane Waddington Lancashire
Received 3 Jul 2013Flats above 31 & 33 Shawbridge Street Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 27 Jun 20133 Redwood Drive Longridge Lancashdire PR3 3HA
Received 5 May 2013Withgill Farm Withgill Fold Withgill Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 3LW
Received 9 May 201329 Eastfield Drive West Bradford Lancashire BB7 4TQ
Received 28 Jun 2013Tithe Barn House Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QR
Received 24 Jun 2013Land to rear of Highfield Garstang Road Chipping Lancashire
Received 19 Jun 2013Dewhurst Farm Blackburn Old Road Great Harwood Lancashire
Received 11 Jul 20139 Ashton Street Longridge Lancashire PR3 3NQ
Received 5 Jun 201310 QUEENS DRIVE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON PR3 3FJ
Received 24 Oct 2002Old Town Head Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford Lancashire
Received 4 Jul 2013Forest Becks Brow Forest Becks Bolton-by-Bowland Lancashire
Received 3 Jul 2013Sheepcote Farm Moor Lane Wiswell Lancashire BB7 9DG
Received 4 Jul 2013Moor House Farm Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Lancashire PR3 2YS
Received 4 Jul 2013Old House Farm Birks Brow Longridge Lancashire PR3 2TX
Received 26 Jun 2013Old House Farm Birks Brow Longridge Lancashire PR3 2TX
Received 1 Jul 2013Partnership in Care Kemple View Longsight Road Langho Blackburn BB6 8AD
Received 15 Jul 2013Farthings Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QT
Received 1 Jul 2013Country Cakes Orchard Park Stoneygate Lane Ribchester Lancs
Received 11 Jun 2013New Barn Stonyhurst Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 11 Jun 201394 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 24 Oct 2002Records 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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