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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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 Decision3/2018/0074

    Applications for full consent Two-storey extension to side and alterations to provide additional accommodation.

    Burnridge School House Grunsagill Road Bolton by Bowland BD23 4SL

    Received 3 Jan 2018
  2. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0075

    Applications for full consent Two storey and single storey rear extension.

    2 Ely Close Wilpshire Blackburn BB1 9LS

    Received 25 Jan 2018
  3. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0076

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Proposed signage including 4 internally-illuminated Co-op logo signs on the outside of the building, 2 internally-illuminated 3.5m totem signs in the car park and 21 other non-illuminated wall and car park signs.

    Whalley Arms 60 King Street Whalley BB7 9SN

    Received 30 Jan 2018
  4. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0077

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Repairs to bell tower, meeting room/Hall gable walls and roof areas and abutments and ceiling and wall plaster to meeting room.

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

    Received 29 Jan 2018
  5. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0078

    Observations to Another Local Authority Consultation on Lancashire County Council application LCC/2018/0003 (viewable on the County Council's web site) for a detached new build classroom with toilets and ancillary rooms. Extension to existing school in form of a single-storey library block and erection of a multi use games area.

    Whalley C of E Primary School Whalley BB7 9TL

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  6. APPEAL LODGED3/2018/0079

    Applications for full consent Conversion of barn to two new dwellings including erection of garages and gardens and installation of new sewage treatment plant.

    New Ings Farm Hellifield Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LU

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  7. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0080

    Applications for full consent Proposed first floor extension to existing outbuilding to create a home office with new pitched roof and lean-to roof to replace existing.

    Cowgill House Gisburn Road Sawley BB7 4LH

    Received 30 Jan 2018
  8. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0081

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions 5 (drainage), 7 (construction method statement), 12 (protected species) and 13 (landscaping) from planning permission 3/2017/1005.

    Chapel Hill Trading Estate Chapel Hill Longridge PR3 3BU

    Received 30 Jan 2018
  9. Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0042

    Applications for full consent PROPOSED REAR CONSERVATORY

    BUNGALOW ADJACENT TO OAKHILL, LANE ENDS, SABDEN

    Received 14 Jan 2002
  10. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0082

    Applications for full consent Proposed erection of a two storey holiday cottage following demolition of an existing dutch barn (Resubmission of application 3/2017/0644).

    Dewhurst Farm Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD

    Received 31 Jan 2018
  11. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0083

    Variation of Condition Variation of condition 2 from planning permission 3/2016/0577 to allow relocation of the proposed access road.

    Land off Ribblesdale View Chatburn Clitheroe

    Received 2 Feb 2018
  12. Withdrawn3/2018/0084

    Variation of Condition Variation of condition 2 from planning permission 3/2010/1014 to allow amendments including changes in floor levels and height of buildings, amendment to fenestration and unified roof pitch (units 1-3 to match units 4-5).

    The Old Printworks Stubbins Lane Sabden Lancashire BB7 9EP

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  13. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0085

    Applications for full consent Conversion of existing building to annexe including short lets for business use.

    Knowle Top Clitheroe Road Pendleton BB7 1PU

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  14. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0086

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions 3 (phasing scheme - land parcels) and 4 (phasing scheme - cycle ways, footways, public open space and trim tracks/trails) from planning permission 3/2016/0974.

    Land west of Preston Road Longridge

    Received 31 Jan 2018
  15. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0087

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawful Use for a proposed use of the premises for up to four children or young people with up to two full-time resident carers sleeping overnight and living together as a single household

    Newhouse Burnley Road Gisburn BB7 4JN

    Received 26 Jan 2018
  16. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0088

    Applications for full consent Demolition of existing outbuilding/bin store and erection of single storey pitched roof extension with bedroom and bathroom with minor internal works.

    1 Queens Drive Longridge PR3 3FJ

    Received 6 Feb 2018
  17. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0089

    Applications for full consent Proposed garage conversion into granny annex kitchen and dining room

    Cobstones Manor Road Copster Green BB1 9EP

    Received 25 Jan 2018
  18. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0090

    Applications for full consent Change of use of domestic garage to dog grooming studio.

    1 Moor Edge Whalley Clitheroe BB7 9RZ

    Received 2 Feb 2018
  19. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0091

    Applications for full consent Extension to north west dormer

    36 Eastfield Drive West Bradford Lancashire BB7 4TQ

    Received 26 Jan 2018
  20. Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0043

    Applications for full consent PROPOSED BARN FOR HOUSING ANIMALS IN WINTER AND A WORKSHOP FOR WOODCARVING

    HOLME BARN AND LAND AT, FAIR OAK FARM, BOWLAND WITH LEAGRAM

    Received 18 Dec 2001
  21. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0092

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 4 (landscaping), 6 (bat and bird boxes), 8 (barn owl box), 9 (barn owl box) 13 (window frame details), 14 (stone samples), and 19 (archaeological record) from planning permission 3/2017/0816.

    Morton House Birdy Brow Clitheroe BB7 9QY

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  22. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0093

    Applications for full consent Lower existing shop front window cills and existing floor level to provide a new level access door to the existing Lady Clitheroe shop. Conversion of existing first floor office into one new residential apartment. Demolition of existing single-storey extension to the Lady Clitheroe shop and replacement with new three-storey extension to include one retail unit and two further apartments.

    1A New Market Street Clitheroe BB7 2JW

    Received 1 Feb 2018
  23. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0094

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Proposed demolition of an existing lean-to shelter and erection of 1.5 storey extension to provide a garage/garden implements store with home office/WC over and a single-storey glazed link extension. Alterations to access and creation of additional private parking and turning areas including removal of existing ground solar panels. Internal alterations to create new kitchen with pantry/wine store. First and second floor alterations to create additional bedrooms and en-suite including insertion of two roof lights on existing rear roof pitch.

    Fields Farm Sawley Road Grindleton BB7 4QS

    Received 5 Feb 2018
  24. Decided - Final Decision3/2018/0095

    Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of an existing lean-to shelter and erection of 1.5 storey extension to provide a garage/garden implements store with home office/WC over and a single-storey glazed link extension. Alterations to access and creation of additional private parking and turning areas including removal of existing ground solar panels. Internal alterations to create new kitchen with pantry/wine store. First and second floor alterations to create additional bedrooms and en-suite including insertion of two roof lights on existing rear roof pitch.

    Fields Farm Sawley Road Grindleton BB7 4QS

    Received 5 Feb 2018

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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.

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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