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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillcrest House Coopers Fold Farm Higher Ramsgreave Road Ramsgreave BB1 9DQ
Received 15 Mar 2018Horton Grange Farm Horton Road Horton BD23 3JT
Received 6 Mar 201810 Chapel Brow Longridge PR3 2YD
Received 9 Mar 2018TMG Sports Vehicles Building D (Units 16 to 21) Mitton Road Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9JY
Received 14 Mar 2018Pengarth 28 Dilworth Lane Longridge PR3 3ST
Received 26 Feb 2018St James Church St James Street Clitheroe BB7 1HH
Received 1 Mar 20186 Elswick Lodge Mellor BB2 7RX
Received 14 Mar 2018Eastham House Farm Great Mitton BB7 9PH
Received 19 Mar 201867 RIBCHESTER ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 21 Feb 2002Eastham House Farm Mitton BB7 9PH
Received 19 Mar 2018Stoneycroft Avenue Road Hurst Green BB7 9QB
Received 13 Mar 2018Thornbers Slaidburn Road WADDINGTON BB7 3JJ
Received 15 Mar 2018Thornbers Slaidburn Road WADDINGTON BB7 3JJ
Received 15 Mar 2018Sykes Holt Myerscough Road Mellor Brook BB2 7LB
Received 16 Mar 2018The Tythe Barn Station Road Rimington BB7 4DR
Received 15 Mar 2018Lords Farm Fleet Street Lane Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3XE
Received 20 Mar 2018Ribble Valley Borough Council Council Offices Church Walk Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2RA
Received 26 Mar 2018Barrow Brook Close Barrow Clitheroe Lancs BB7 9UN
Received 26 Mar 201858 Bushburn Drive Langho BB6 8EZ
Received 20 Mar 2018SPRINGFIELD, DILWORTH LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 28 Mar 2002Willow Spring 58 Pendleton Road Wiswell BB7 9BZ
Received 16 Mar 2018Brabbin's House Newton in Bowland Clitheore Lancashire BB7 3DZ
Received 21 Mar 2018Moorside Whinney Lane Langho BB6 8DQ
Received 27 Mar 2018Specialised Automotive Services Garage rear of Pendle Street East Sabden BB7 9FX
Received 20 Mar 2018Records 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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