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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Cob Castle Greenmoor Lane Knowle Green PR3 2YR
Received 1 Feb 2017SYNETIX (ICI CLITHEROE), PIMLICO INDUSTRIAL AREA, WEST BRADFORD ROAD, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 19 Nov 20013 Dovedale Gardens Longridge PR3 3SF
Received 7 Feb 2017Pump House/Boiler Room Whalley Abbey BB7 9SS
Received 7 Feb 20171 and 2 Abbeycroft The Sands Whalley BB7 9TN
Received 1 Feb 20177 Church Lane Whalley BB7 9SY
Received 31 Jan 201782-88 Pendle Drive Calderstones Park Whalley
Received 1 Feb 2017The Dog Inn Market Place Longridge PR3 3RR
Received 30 Jan 2017East Gate Cottage Whalley Abbey the Sands Whalley BB7 9SS
Received 7 Feb 2017Foxfields Country Hotel Whalley Road Billington BB7 9HY
Received 2 Feb 201715-17 York Street Clitheroe BB7 2DH
Received 2 Feb 2017Ribble Valley Remembrance Park Mitton Road Whalley
Received 26 Jan 2017BROADHEAD FARM, EASINGTON ROAD, SLAIDBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 23 Nov 2001Land to the north of Whalley Road Hurst Green (between Warren Fold and School Lane comprising part field and school car park) Clitheroe BB7 9QH
Received 6 Feb 2017The Dower House Park Way Park Road Gisburn
Received 6 Feb 201715-17 York Street Clitheroe BB7 2DH
Received 3 Feb 201715-17 York Street Clitheroe BB7 2DH
Received 2 Feb 2017Dewhurst Farm Longsight Road Langho Blackburn BB6 8AD
Received 7 Feb 20174 The Dene Hurst Green BB7 9QF
Received 9 Feb 2017South View Higher Ramsgreave Road Ramsgreave Lancashire BB1 9DQ
Received 3 Feb 2017Land at Moorgate Farm Kenyon Lane Langho BB6 8AN
Received 3 Feb 2017Land at Malt Kiln Brow Chipping
Received 8 Feb 2017The Red Pump Inn Clitheroe Road Bashall Eaves BB7 3DA
Received 6 Feb 2017BROADHEAD FARM, EASINGTON ROAD, SLAIDBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 23 Nov 2001Records 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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