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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Windy Harbour Fish House Lane Chipping PR3 2NQ
Received 5 Oct 20174 Stanley Street Longridge PR3 3NJ
Received 6 Oct 2017The Inn at Whitwell Forest of Bowland Clitheroe BB7 3AT
Received 6 Oct 20173 BROOKSIDE, HOLDEN, BOLTON BY BOWLAND BB7 4PE
Received 12 Sept 2002Land adjacent to Moorfield Avenue Ramsgreave BB1 9BU
Received 9 Oct 2017Harry Garlic LTD 26 - 30 King Street Clitheroe BB7 2EP
Received 9 Oct 2017Plot 2 Springfield Whiteacre Lane Barrow BB7 9BJ
Received 5 Oct 2017Foxfields Farm Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 4 Oct 201749 Oakdale Drive Calderstones Green Whalley BB7 9FW
Received 9 Oct 2017The Old Vicarage Market Place Longridge PR3 3RR
Received 5 Oct 2016Cunliffe Fold Farm Mire Ash Brow Mellor Blackburn BB2 7EZ
Received 11 Oct 2017Land at Chapel Hill Longridge
Received 11 Oct 2017land off Sheepfold Crescent Barrow BB7 9XR
Received 12 Oct 2017St Leonards C of E School Whalley Road Billington BB6 8AB
Received 12 Oct 2017PLOT 1, MIDDLE STUDLEHURST FARM, OSBALDESTON LANE, OSBALDESTON, BLACKB URN
Received 12 Sept 200218 Mearley Syke Clitheroe BB7 1JG
Received 12 Oct 201717 Highmoor Park Clitheroe BB7 1JB
Received 12 Oct 2017Union Mill Watt Street Sabden BB7 9ED
Received 9 Oct 201735-37 Berry Lane Longridge PR3 3JL
Received 10 Oct 2017Redundant farm building and land at the rear of Richard Turner and Son Ltd Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Received 11 Oct 2017Redundant farm building and land at the rear of Richard Turner and Son Ltd Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Received 11 Oct 2017Brotherton Barn Bay Gate Bolton-by-Bowland BB7 4PQ
Received 12 Oct 20171 3 5 7 9 Hall Street Clitheroe BB7 1HJ
Received 13 Oct 2017Glendower 25 Whinney Lane Langho BB6 8DQ
Received 16 Oct 2017Records 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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