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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Mayfair Crescent Wilpshire Blackburn BB1 9PY
Received 7 Sept 2016Land at Moorgate Farm Kenyon Lane Langho BB6 8AN
Received 7 Sept 2016Mill House 10 Long Buildings Sawley Road Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 8 Sept 2016Mill House 10 Long Buildings Sawley Road Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 6 Sept 20162 The Dene Hurst Green BB7 9QF
Received 7 Sept 2012CHURCH GATES HOUSE, 5 GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON BY BOWLAND
Received 27 Mar 2002Land at Malt Kiln Brow Chipping PR3 2GP
Received 5 Sept 2016Cibola Pendleton Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 1PT
Received 6 Sept 2013Ribbledene The Drive Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8BJ
Received 9 Sept 2016Stydd Garden Centre Stydd Gardens Stoneygate Lane Ribchester PR3 3YN
Received 7 Sept 2016BAE Systems Samlesbury Aerodrome Balderstone BB2 7LF
Received 6 Sept 201668 Woodlands Park Whalley Lancashire BB7 9UG
Received 7 Sept 2016Land off Whalley Road Mellor Brook
Received 7 Sept 20167 Butts Grove Clitheroe BB7 2PJ
Received 8 Sept 201627 Avenue Road Hurst Green Blackburn Lancashire BB7 9QB
Received 12 Sept 2016128 Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7PN
Received 9 Sept 2016JUMBLES FLOW MEASURING STATION, WHALLEY ROAD, STONYHURST, CLITHEROE
Received 27 Mar 20023 The Stables Clitheroe Lane Withgill Great Mitton BB7 3LW
Received 9 Sept 2016Barrow Brook Business Village Hey Road Barrow BB7 9WD
Received 7 Sept 201643 The Hazels Wilpshire Blackburn Lancashire BB1 9HZ
Received 13 Sept 2016Land to the east of Clitheroe Road (Lawsonsteads) Whalley
Received 12 Sept 201620 Waddington Road Clitheroe BB7 2HJ
Received 9 Sept 2016Pendle View Cottage Main Street Worston BB7 1QA
Received 9 Sept 2016Dove Syke Nurseries Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford BB7 3JG
Received 7 Sept 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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