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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greengore Hill Lane Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QT
Received 21 Jul 201677 Inglewhite Road Longridge PR3 2NA
Received 21 Jul 201614 The Rydings Langho BB6 8BQ
Received 22 Jul 2016Bonny Inn Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9HQ
Received 21 Jul 2016St Wilfrids C of E Primary School Church Street Ribchester PR3 3XP
Received 21 Jul 20164 Southport Barn Cottages Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 21 Jul 201615 GLENDALE DRIVE, MELLOR, BLACKBURN BB2 7HB
Received 18 Mar 20026B The Dene Hurst Green BB7 9QF
Received 26 Jul 2016Bonny Inn Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9HQ
Received 22 Jul 2016Dog and Partridge Tosside BD23 4SQ
Received 21 Jul 2016Dog and Partridge Tosside BD23 4SQ
Received 21 Jul 2016Land at Almond Fold Farm Ribchester Road Langho BB6 8AL
Received 22 Jul 20169 Downham Road Chatburn BB7 4AU
Received 21 Jul 20166 Limefield Avenue Whalley BB7 9RJ
Received 27 Jul 201633 River Lea Gardens Clitheroe BB7 1QQ
Received 25 Jul 2016Land adjacent to 97 Woone Lane Clitheroe BB7 1BJ
Received 25 Jul 2016Land adj former Genus Site Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9JY
Received 27 Jul 2016CHADSWELL HALL, CHIPPING ROAD, CHAIGLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 18 Mar 200210 Lindale Road Longridge PR3 3FT
Received 27 Jul 2016Oakleigh (Oaklea) Longsight Road Copster Green BB1 9EX
Received 26 Jul 2016Oakleigh Whalley Road Barrow BB7 9BN
Received 25 Jul 2016Plots 3 4 5 and 6 Eden Gardens Brockhall Village BB6 8HW
Received 25 Jul 20161 Abbeycroft The Sands Whalley BB7 9TN
Received 28 Jul 2016Boyce Barn Cottage Blackburn Road Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3YP
Received 26 Jul 2016Records 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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