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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakhill School Wiswell Lane Whalley BB7 9AF
Received 10 May 2019Camberley 2A Branch Road Mellor BB2 7NU
Received 13 May 2019Land off Longridge Road (adjacent to Grindlestone House Farm) Dutton PR3 3XY
Received 26 Apr 2019ACORN LODGE STABLES, LONGSIGHT ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 18 Sept 2002Alston Hall Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BP
Received 24 Apr 2019Former Hanson Garden Centre Whalley Road Barrow
Received 23 Apr 2019Browns Stables Knowles Brow Stonyhurst BB7 9QU
Received 2 May 2019Saifee Villa 47 Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7EX
Received 16 May 201927 Humber Street Longridge PR3 3WD
Received 2 May 20192 Woodfold Park Farm Mellor Blackburn BB2 7QA
Received 23 Apr 2019Ease Barn Farm Gallows Lane Ribchester PR3 3XX
Received 25 Apr 2019Military Aircraft Division Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF
Received 14 May 201935 Castle Street Clitheroe BB7 2BT
Received 26 Apr 2019Holly Bank 8 Whalley Road Wilpshire BB1 9PJ
Received 20 May 201927 ELSWICK GARDENS, MELLOR, BLACKBURN
Received 9 Oct 200211 George Lane Read BB12 7RQ
Received 10 May 2019Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Received 8 May 2019Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Received 8 May 2019The Old Reservoir Simonstone Road Sabden BB7 9HA
Received 16 May 2019The Old School Slaidburn Road Newton BB7 3DY
Received 9 May 2019The Old School Slaidburn Road Newton BB7 3DY
Received 9 May 2019Land off Easington Road Cow Ark BB7 3DH
Received 15 May 2019Highfield Snodworth Road Langho BB6 8DR
Received 8 May 2019Land at Pendle Road Clitheroe
Received 23 May 2019Records 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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