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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brushwood Barker Lane Mellor BB2 7EE
Received 27 Jul 20151 Wasdale Grove Longridge PR3 3AT
Received 20 Jul 2015The Freemasons Arms 8 6 and 4 Vicarage Fold Wiswell BB7 9DF
Received 17 Jul 2015Little Snodworth Farm Snodworth Road Langho
Received 16 Jul 20152 Mearley Brook Commercial Centre Taylor Street Clitheroe BB7 1NL
Received 13 Jul 201518 Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9RX
Received 13 Jul 2015WHEATLEY BARN FARM, LONGSIGHT ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 4 Dec 2001St Michaels Lodge Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BG
Received 20 Jul 2015St Michaels Lodge Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BG
Received 20 Jul 2015Land adjacent to the Ferns Northcote Road Langho Lancashire BB6 8BG
Received 20 Jul 2015Chew Mill Farm Elker Lane Billington BB7 9HZ
Received 17 Jul 2015Land at Whiteacre Lane Barrow Lancashire BB7 9BJ
Received 15 Jul 2015Malden 17 Lyndale Avenue Wilpshire BB1 9LP
Received 10 Jul 2015Bonny Inn Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9HQ
Received 20 Jul 2015Land adj 17 Brookes Lane Whalley BB7 9RG
Received 17 Jul 2015Bolton Fold Farm Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 15 Jul 2015Land on the banks of the brook between The Croft, Brookside Close and 84 King Street Whalley.
Received 23 Jul 201524 MOORLAND CRESCENT, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 26 Apr 20012 Hacking Close BB6 8EY
Received 21 Jul 201518 Balmoral Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2QH
Received 21 Jul 2015Greengates Farm Skipton Road Gisburn BB7 4HP
Received 23 Jul 2015Bolton Fold Farm Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 15 Jul 2015Haydock Nursing Home Pleckgate Road Ramsgreave BB1 8QW
Received 22 Jul 2015Lower Barn Farm Church Street Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XS
Received 27 Jul 2015Records 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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