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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 Hayhurst Street Clitheroe BB7 1ND
Received 22 May 2018Bailey Hall Barn Hurst Green Clitheroe BB7 9QW
Received 20 May 2018The Woodlands Hothersall Lane Hothersall PR3 2XB
Received 21 May 2018Great Mitton Hall Mitton Road Mitton BB7 9PQ
Received 23 May 2018Lyme House Farm Thornley with Wheatley PR3 2TE
Received 31 May 2018Todber Caravan Park Burnley Road Gisburn BB7 4JJ
Received 21 May 201818 Central Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2PZ
Received 25 May 2018Specialised Automotive Services Garage rear of Pendle Street East Sabden BB7 9FX
Received 30 May 2018THE KEEP, BEHIND PENDLETON CHURCH, MAIN STREET, PENDLETON, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Mar 2002Fox Fall House The Dene Hurst Green Clitheroe BB7 9QF
Received 29 May 2018Great Mitton Hall Mitton Road Mitton BB7 9PQ
Received 23 May 2018Agricultural Building off Chapel Close Clitheroe
Received 29 May 2018Deepdale Crow Park Lane Gisburn BB7 4HP
Received 29 May 2018Newton Hall Back Lane Newton BB7 3DY
Received 30 May 20189 Avenue Road Hurst Green Lancashire BB7 9QB
Received 29 May 2018Wilkins Cottage 74 Church Street Ribchester PR3 3XP
Received 4 Jun 2018The Tythe Barn Station Road Rimington BB7 4DR
Received 16 May 2018Garland House 14 Back Lane Rimington Clitheroe Lancs BB7 4EL
Received 1 Jun 201882 Hayhurst Street Clitheroe BB7 1ND
Received 30 May 201854/56 KING STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 12 Sept 2002Little Woodfield Farm Longsight Road Clayton le Dale BB2 7JA
Received 31 May 2018Horton Grange Farm Horton Road Horton in Craven BD23 3JT
Received 1 Jun 2018Land to the rear of DeTabley Mews Blackburn Road Ribchester PR3 3ZQ
Received 31 May 2018Land off Sheepfold Crescent Barrow BB7 9XR
Received 30 May 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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