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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Zoo Cherry Drive Brokhall Village Blackburn BB6 8DY
Received 14 Sept 2015Springfield Whiteacre Lane Barrow BB7 9BJ
Received 3 Sept 2015Springfield Whiteacre Lane Barrow BB7 9BJ
Received 3 Sept 2015OUTBARN AT COW HEY, TWITTER LANE, BASHALL EAVES, CLITHEROE
Received 20 Feb 200222 Mayfield Avenue Clitheroe BB7 1LB
Received 27 Aug 2015Leagram Lodge Chipping PR3 2QS
Received 7 Sept 2015Maureen Cookson Ltd George Street Whalley Lancashire
Received 3 Sept 2015Land at Malt Kiln Brow Chipping PR3 2GP
Received 21 Aug 2015Land at Malt Kiln Brow Chipping PR3 2GP
Received 21 Aug 20159 Downham Road Chatburn Lancashire BB7 4AU
Received 29 Aug 2015Woodseave Barn Page Fold Off Cross Lane Waddington BB7 3JH
Received 2 Sept 2015Land at Bennetts Close Wiswell Lane Whalley
Received 2 Sept 2015Oaksmead Manor Road Copster Green Lancashire BB1 9EP
Received 8 Sept 2015Land Adjacent to 'The Stables', Grimbaldeston Farm Preston Road Longridge PR3 3BD
Received 8 Sept 20158 Preston Road Ribchester Preston
Received 22 Mar 2005MEADOWHEAD, HOTHERSALL LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 21 Feb 2002Cumberland House The Sidings Whalley BB7 9SE
Received 9 Sept 201574 Fairfield Drive Clitheroe BB7 2PS
Received 9 Sept 201512 Moorland Road Langho BB6 8EX
Received 9 Sept 2015Land off Lambing Clough Lane Hurst Green Clitheroe
Received 9 Sept 2015Millstone House Waddington Road West Bradford Lancashire BB7 4SX
Received 8 Sept 20156 Kay Fold Lodge Clayton le Dale BB1 8NG
Received 8 Sept 201534 Bosburn Drive Mellor Brook BB2 7PA
Received 8 Sept 2015Timothy House Farm Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9QJ
Received 9 Sept 2015Records 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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