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Ribble Valley planning applications

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

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
29,791Searchable applications
0Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 26,347 approved or refused records
3,926Refused applications

22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Conservation areas22 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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More application records

  1. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1036

    Application for tree works Remove epicormic growth; remove lower and any dead/dying limbs, slight reduction in height to previous pruning points of 1 x Ash tree.

    Albatross Villa 1 Church Lane Mellor Lancashire BB2 7JL

    Received 3 Nov 2017
  2. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1037

    Application for tree works Sycamore; crown lift the canopy to 6m to clear the road and reduce canopy to allow 2m clearance for telephone wires.

    Netherfield 4 Back Lane Rimington BB7 4EL

    Received 1 Nov 2017
  3. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1038

    Applications for full consent Proposed single storey extension.

    53 - 55 Higher Road Longridge PR3 3Sy

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  4. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1039

    Observations to Another Local Authority Consultation on LCC application LCC/2017/0085 for repair, renovation and waterproofing of the bell tower, roof area, ceiling and internal plaster work. Viewable via planningregister.lancashire.gov.uk

    Libraries Meeting Room/Hall area Clitheroe Library Church Street Clitheroe BB7 2DG

    Received 1 Nov 2017
  5. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1040

    Applications for full consent Insertion of three new window openings and conversion of garage to habitable room including alterations to existing opening.

    Wilpshire Lane Cottage Vicarage Lane Wilpshire BB1 9HY

    Received 30 Oct 2017
  6. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1041

    Applications for full consent Replace kitchen window area and back door with bi-fold doors facing rear garden. Replace double garage doors to front of house with windows and brick surroundings. Conversion of attic to children's play room. Fitting staircase up from landing, extra insulation, fully floor boarded, internal walls, lighting and radiators.

    18 Highwoods Park Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HN

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  7. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1042

    Applications for full consent Replacement of existing windows and doors with new powder-coated, aluminium doors and windows.

    Talbot House Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BD

    Received 31 Oct 2017
  8. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1043

    Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment sought from planning permission 3/2017/0062 for alterations to the window opening in the east elevation of the link extension.

    Rowan Cottage Old Clitheroe Road Hurst Green PR3 2YU

    Received 6 Nov 2017
  9. Decided - Final Decision3/2001/0897

    Reg 3 ERECTION OF 10 NO. COLUMNS TO TAKE CCTV CAMERAS WITHIN CLITHEROE TOWN CENTRE AND CASTLE GROUNDS

    CLITHEROE TOWN CENTRE & CASTLE GROUND, CASTLE STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS

    Received 28 Nov 2001
  10. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1044

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Retention of unauthorised alterations including rebuilding of the east storage/hay loft extension to provide heated storage and an upper floor bedroom; internal remodelling of the cart shed to form entrance hall and circulation space in the farmhouse linking the living spaces to the rebuilt west extension at both levels; rebuilding rear scullery to form main kitchen and replacement of garage and privy with larger single garage.

    Smelfthwaites Farm Slaidburn Road Newton BB7 3DL

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  11. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1045

    Applications for full consent Retention of unauthorised alterations including rebuilding of the east storage/hay loft extension to provide heated storage and an upper floor bedroom; internal remodelling of the cart shed to form entrance hall and circulation space in the farmhouse linking the living spaces to the rebuilt west extension at both levels; rebuilding rear scullery to form main kitchen and replacement of garage and privy with larger single garage.

    Smelfthwaites Farm Slaidburn Road Newton BB7 3DL

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  12. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1046

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of condition 2 (specifications of equipment fixture to the listed building fabric) and condition 3 (side posts) from planning application 3/2017/0730.

    2 Abbeycroft The Sands Whalley BB7 9TN

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  13. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1047

    Applications for full consent Extension to existing stable building.

    Land adjacent to Black Hall Barn Garstang Road Chipping PR3 2QJ

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  14. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1048

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Repairs and installation of drainage to the tunnel portal (high mileage) at Gisburn tunnel.

    Gisburn Railway Tunnel (high mileage) Gisburn

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  15. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1049

    Applications for full consent Erection of a single storey lean to extension.

    Sudells Farm Cottage Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BD

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  16. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1050

    Applications for full consent Erection of one new dwelling in garden of 20 Abbey Fields.

    Garden of 20 Abbey Fields Whalley BB7 9RS

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  17. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1051

    Prior notification of proposed larger home extensions Rear garage extension with a pitched roof. Length eight metres, maximum height 3.7 metres and height to eaves 2.4 metres.

    Neds House Preston Road Ribchester Lancashire PR3 3YD

    Received 6 Nov 2017
  18. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1052

    Observations to Another Local Authority Consultation on LCC application LCC/2017/0087/ASP/FL for retrospective application for the importation of clean soils for use in ground stabilisation and landscaping works associated with the consented residential development.

    Land off Chatburn Old Road Chatburn

    Received 9 Nov 2017
  19. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1053

    Applications for full consent Proposed extension and alterations.

    20 Crow Trees Brow Chatburn Lancashire BB7 4AA

    Received 30 Oct 2017
  20. Decided - Final Decision3/2001/0898

    Reg 3 ERECTION OF COLUMNS TO TAKE CCTV CAMERAS

    KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE

    Received 28 Nov 2001
  21. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1054

    Discharge of Conditions Application for the discharge of condition 4 (materials) from planning permission 3/2017/0466.

    Clend Farm (formerly Cocklick End Farm) School Lane Dalehead Slaidburn Clitheroe BB7 4TS

    Received 7 Nov 2017
  22. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1055

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Application for Lawful Development Certificate for use of the property as a dwelling on the basis that it has been occupied as a dwelling in breach of condition 3 of planning permission 3/2002/0962 for more than ten years.

    Newdrop Inn Cottage Higher Road Longridge PR3 2YX

    Received 3 Nov 2017
  23. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1056

    Variation of Condition Variation of condition 3 (development shall be carried out as detailed on the submitted drawings 14/13 PL.01 Rev:A and 14/13 PL.02 Rev.A) from planning permission 3/2014/0857 to allow for the development to be carried out with the current amendments to the windows and rooflights after structural implications occurred and pragmatic detailing was required as work began to progress on site.

    Granham House Barn Hothersall Lane Hothersall PR3 2XB

    Received 9 Nov 2017
  24. Decided - Final Decision3/2017/1057

    prior notificiation LDO No 2

    Land adj the boundary of Samlesbury Hall

    Received 10 Nov 2017

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What these statistics cover

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.

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