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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 dates29,791Searchable 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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning, Buildings and CountrysideContact planning Contact PlanningLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice How to Apply for Planning PermissionConservation areas Conservation AreasArticle 4 directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01200425111Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ribblevalley.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@ribblevalley.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas22 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0895
Applications for full consent Proposed loft conversion and detached garage. Resubmission of 3/2021/0573.
38 Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9RX
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0896
Applications for full consent Demolition of a detached stone outbuilding to the rear of the garden. To be rebuilt using existing materials to create an outdoor hot tub facility.
21 Church Street Ribchester PR3 3XP
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Withdrawn3/2021/0897
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Single storey flat roof extension. 3/4 of full width and 8m in length from the rear of existing house walls to provide additional bedrooms. An additional patio full width and 4 m in length. Garden is 3 acres to the rear
LYNWOOD, PENDLETON ROAD, WISWELL, CLITHEROE
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0799
Variation of Condition APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING PLANNING PERMISSION 3/98/0653 TO CONTINUE LANDFILL OPERATIONS FOR 4 YEARS TO 31 OCTOBER 2006
LORDS DELPH QUARRY, FORTY ACRE LANE, LONGRIDGE, NR PRESTON
Received 26 Sept 2002 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0898
Applications for full consent Proposed raised roof to dormer bungalow to create full two storey dwelling and alteration to parking arrangements. Resubmission of 3/2021/0237.
3 Moor Field Whalley BB7 9SA
Received 31 Aug 2021 - APPEAL LODGED3/2021/0899
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey extension to rear and single storey extension to side. Resubmission of 3/2021/0625.
12 Beech Drive Calderstones Park Whalley BB7 9RA
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0900
Applications for full consent Construction of a steel portal frame agricultural building for livestock and machinery. Concrete hardstanding to the southern elevation.
Seedalls Farmhouse Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford Clitheroe BB7 3JJ
Received 31 Aug 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0901
Application for tree works Removal of overhanging branches of 2 horse chestnut trees.
4 Highwoods Park Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HN
Received 1 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0902
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear. Resubmission of 3/2021/0191.
5 Milbeck Close Longridge PR3 3LQ
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0903
Variation of Condition Variation of condition 2 from planning permission 3/2020/0398 to regularise deviations from the approved plans to include conversion of garage to room, deletion of window and insertion of additional rooflight
Ribble House Albion Street Clitheroe BB7 1QH
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0904
Applications for full consent Ground floor single storey side and rear extension and 2 first floor windows to the gable elevation.
52 Brownlow Street Clitheroe BB7 1HQ
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0905
Applications for full consent Construction of one two-bedroom, single-storey dwelling with one attached one-bedroom holiday let.
Land adj Skirden Hall Barn Wigglesworth Road Slaidburn BD23 4SX
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Withdrawn3/2021/0906
Application for tree works Felling of Ash tree
Ashgreen House 4b Wiswell Lane Whalley BB7 9AF
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0907
Variation of Condition Variation of condition number 2 (approved plans) from planning permission 3/2020/0215 to allow alterations to approved window openings and elevational treatments.
The Newdrop Stoneygate Lane Ribchester PR3 2XE
Received 2 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0866
Applications for full consent FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OVER EXISTING SITTING ROOM AREA
WARDFALL, RIBCHESTER ROAD, DINCKLEY, BLACKBURN
Received 14 Oct 2002 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0908
Applications for full consent Retention of unauthorised development of gazebo on deck. 3m x 3m, height 2.4m. Two walls made of plexiglass, roof by transparent plexiglass and wood. All construction is to be attached to the previous gazebo solid iron frame.
4 Roman Road Crescent Clitheroe BB7 1FZ
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0909
Applications for full consent Proposed single storey side extension to side. Works include demolition of walls and internal remodelling together with the photovoltaic panels to the rear roof slope and new Velux Conservation type roof lights to both slopes of the existing roof.
Broad Fold Farm Main Street Grindleton BB7 4QT
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0910
Prior notification of proposed larger home extensions Proposed larger home extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling measured externally - 4.0 metres x maximum height measured externally from natural ground level - 3.0. metres x height at the eaves measured externally from the natural ground level - 2.3 metres
7 Brennand Street Clitheroe BB7 2HG
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0911
Applications for full consent Proposed loft coversion and rear dormer
26 Ribble Lane Chatburn BB7 4AG
Received 3 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0912
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of condition 7 (Precise specifications and samples of new walling, roofing, window and door surrounds, doors and windows) from Listed Building Consent 3/2020/0740.
Hark to Bounty Inn Townend Slaidburn BB7 3EP
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0913
Applications for full consent Proposed single storey orangery extension to rear of property
23 Bleasdale Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2PR
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0914
Applications for full consent Single storey extension to side and rear and associated internal alterations.
6 Eshton Terrace Clitheroe BB7 1BQ
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0915
Non-Material amendment Amendment to planning permission 3/2018/0344 in respect of Plot 4 - removal of vehicular garage door and replacement with full glazed bi-fold door in Anthracite coloured aluminium.
Plot 4 The Moorcock Inn Slaidburn Road Waddington BB7 3AA
Received 6 Sept 2021 - Decided - Final Decision3/2021/0916
Applications for full consent Rear extension with balcony above and conversion of garage.
2 Rose Cottages Longsight Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9EX
Received 6 Sept 2021
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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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