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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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 Decision3/2021/0283

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions 9 (programme of archaeological work) and 14 (full engineering, drainage and constructional details) from planning permission 3/2020/0732.

    Chapel Croft Slaidburn Road Newton in Bowland BB7 3DL

    Received 15 Mar 2021
  2. Decided - Final Decision3/2001/0680

    Change of Use (MKA) CHANGE OF USE FROM A HOME FOR THE ELDERLY TO A DWELLING

    BEECH HOUSE, HESKETH LANE, CHIPPING, PRESTON

    Received 31 Aug 2001
  3. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0284

    Application for tree works T1 - T11 Lime Trees. Remove deadwood and epicormic growth. Selective pruning towards road and street lights.

    1 Elswick Lodge Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7RX

    Received 15 Mar 2021
  4. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0285

    Prior notification of proposed larger home extensions Prior notification of a single storey rear extension, 3.66m long, 3.20m high (max), 2.35m high to eaves.

    8 Beechwood Avenue Clitheroe BB7 1EZ

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  5. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0286

    Applications for full consent Proposed re-roof and change to dormer roofs (pitched) - 2 front and 1 rear. Garage remodel with pitched roof including velux type roof lights and extension to rear of garage creating kitchen diner. Internal wall move and steel to enlarge kitchen.

    9 Moor Field Whalley BB7 9SA

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  6. APPEAL LODGED3/2021/0287

    Application in principle Proposed new dwelling within the garden boundary of existing dwelling.

    The Old Barn Bowfields Lane Balderstone BB2 7LW

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  7. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0288

    Application for tree works Crown reduction from top of no more than 1 metre to 2 Yew Trees.

    5 Yew Gardens Shireburn Park Edisford Road Waddington BB7 3LB

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  8. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0289

    Applications for full consent Proposed holiday let accommodation.

    Land North of Bambers Bungalow Lane Ends Bolton by Bowland BB7 4PH

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  9. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0290

    Applications for full consent Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of timber clad extension on the same footprint. Amendment to existing rear window. Raising of existing extension roof by 800mm and application of render to existing elevation.

    47 Ramsgreave Road Ramsgreave Blackburn BB1 9BH

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  10. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0291

    Applications for full consent Proposed new boundary treatments, garden structures and associated landscaping work.

    Chapel Laithe Ribble Lane Chatburn BB7 4AG

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  11. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0292

    Applications for full consent Relocation of the Paradise Lane entrance/exit in the boundary stone wall to the side yard and lower hall level of St Mary's Community Centre. The proposed new entrance is wider than the existing entrance. The existing entrance is proposed to be blocked up using matching re-used stone.

    St Mary's Community Centre Church Street Clitheroe BB7 2DG

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  12. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0293

    Application for tree works Two elder trees and a plum tree to be pruned due to being overgrown.

    21 Shireburn Park Waddington Clitheroe BB7 3LB

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  13. Decided - Final Decision3/2001/0750

    Applications for full consent REPLACE FLAT ROOF WITH PITCH ROOF OVER EXISTING UTILITY AND GARAGE. EXTEND GARAGE TO RELOCATE UTILITY

    9 CLAREMONT AVENUE, CLITHEROE, BB7 1JN

    Received 8 Oct 2001
  14. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0294

    Agricultural determination Proposed steel portal framed agricultural storage building.

    Mylah Farm Rimington Lane Rimington BB7 4EB

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  15. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0295

    Advertisements Development Site Sales Stack Sign for The Sandpipers, Longridge. Dimensions of sign = Height 5m x Width 4.8m. Height from ground to base of sign = 1.95m.

    Spout Farm Preston Road Longridge PR3 3BE

    Received 18 Mar 2021
  16. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0296

    Agricultural determination Proposed agricultural farm building to house machinery and sheep at lambing time.

    Monubent Head Farm Hellifield Road Bolton By Bowland BB7 4LY

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  17. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0297

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for proposed alterations to Whalley Lodge, including removal of some ground floor partitions and replacement of the windows and external doors.

    Whalley Abbey Whalley Lodge The Sands Whalley BB7 9SS

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  18. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0298

    Applications for full consent Proposed alterations to Whalley Lodge including removal of some ground floor partitions and replacement of the windows and external doors.

    Whalley Abbey, Whalley Lodge, The Sands Whalley BB7 9SS

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  19. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0299

    Applications for full consent Install new dormer window to front and rear elevation, including juliet balcony.

    19 Blackburn Road Ribchester PR3 3ZP

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  20. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0300

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions of planning application 3/2015/0895. Condition 25 - Written Scheme of Investigation, 26 - Screening, 31 - Landscape Management Plan, 36 - Construction Management Scheme, 37 - Arboricultural Method Statement, 42 - Scheme to mitigate noise, 44 - Glazing and Ventilation Details.

    Land at Higher Standen Farm and Part Littlemoor Farm Clitheroe

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  21. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0301

    Application for tree works T9 (Ash Tree). Crown reduction, lift and thin.

    16 Roman Way Highmore Park Clitheroe BB7 1JF

    Received 22 Mar 2021
  22. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0302

    Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions of Listed Building Consent Application 3/2020/0913. Condition 1 - Commencement of Work, 2 - Sample of Materials, 3 - Pointing Areas, 4 - Method Statement.

    Old House Hodder Court Knowles Brow Stonyhurst BB7 9PP

    Received 19 Mar 2021
  23. Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0303

    Applications for full consent Proposed external works including stone wall with timber entrance gates.

    Wildmans Farm Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD

    Received 22 Mar 2021
  24. Decided - Final Decision3/2001/0940

    Applications for full consent TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND CONSERVATORY TO REAR AND MINOR ALTERATIONS

    6 HAZEL MOOR, SALESBURY, BLACKBURN

    Received 21 Dec 2001

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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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