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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 8 Barrow BrookTrade Park Lodge Close Barrow BB7 9BQ
Received 15 Aug 2018Brotherton Barn Barret Hill Brow Bolton by Bowland BB7 4PQ
Received 15 Aug 2018Land off Mill Lane Gisburn BB7 4LN
Received 13 Aug 2018Pyethorn Meadows 150 Whalley Road Wilpshire BB1 9LJ
Received 15 Aug 2018COUNTESS HEY BARN, ELMRIDGE LANE, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 25 Jul 2001Smithy Cottage Birks Brow Longridge PR3 2TX
Received 14 Aug 201827 St Peters Close Clayton le Dale BB1 9HH
Received 7 Aug 2018Hesketh End Judd Holmes Lane Chipping PR3 2TJ
Received 1 Aug 2018Wittons Farm Anna Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NZ
Received 14 Aug 2018The Coach House Clitheroe Road Waddington BB7 3HQ
Received 17 Aug 2018Brotherton Barn Bay Gate Bolton by Bowland BB7 4PQ
Received 15 Aug 2018Brabins Almes Houses 29 -33 Windy Street Chipping PR3 2GD
Received 14 Aug 201834 Langshaw Drive Clitheroe BB7 1EY
Received 16 Aug 20182 Clitheroe Road Whalley BB7 9AB
Received 7 Aug 2018Kitchens Cross Lane Bashall Eaves BB7 3NA
Received 21 Aug 2018WHALLEY CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, CHURCH LANE, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 26 Jul 2001Fields Farm Barn Back Lane Chipping PR3 2QA
Received 20 Aug 20187 Windy Street Chipping PR3 2GD
Received 16 Aug 201819 Woodcrest Wilpshire BB1 9PR
Received 22 Aug 2018Black Horse Inn Pimlico road Clitheroe BB7 4PZ
Received 21 Aug 2018Falcon House Whalley Road Sabden BB7 9DZ
Received 23 Aug 2018White Lodge Main Street Pendleton BB7 1PT
Received 20 Aug 2018Land adjacent to 115 Kemple View Clitheroe BB7 2QJ
Received 15 Aug 2018Wittons Farm Anna Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NZ
Received 21 Aug 2018Records 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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