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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Queen Mary Terrace and Bridge Terrace Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9JS
Received 8 Mar 2022High Trees Longsight Road Clayton-Le-Dale BB2 7JA
Received 8 Mar 2022Elliott House Chipping Road Chaigley PR3 2TS
Received 9 Mar 202218 The Sands Whalley BB7 9TL
Received 10 Mar 2022Jumbles Barn Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 9 Mar 202234 Castle Street Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 19 Aug 20056 THE WOODLANDS, BROCKHALL VILLAGE, OLD LANGHO BLACKBURN
Received 19 Jun 2002Jumbles Barn Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 10 Mar 20227 Tennyson Avenue Read BB12 7RN
Received 10 Mar 2022Land north of Chatburn Road Clitheroe BB7 2EQ
Received 10 Mar 202242 St Peters Close Clayton-Le-Dale BB1 9HH
Received 10 Mar 2022Crow Hill Cottage West Lane Worston BB7 1QA
Received 10 Mar 2022Oak House Longsight Road Clayton Le Dale BB1 9EX
Received 10 Mar 2022Thornley Hall Farm Up Bedlam Road Thornley PR3 2TN
Received 14 Mar 2022The Pendle Witch 38 Whalley Road Sabden BB7 9DZ
Received 14 Mar 2022Woodfold Park Stud Woodfold Park Mellor BB2 7QA
Received 14 Mar 2022GLEBE HOUSE, NEVILLE STREET, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 20 Jun 2002land at Cherry Tree Farm Chipping Road Chaigley BB7 3LX
Received 14 Mar 2022Closes Hall Lodge Stump Cross Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LX
Received 14 Mar 2022Land at Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3XL
Received 14 Mar 2022Smith Meadow Farm Hellifield Road Gisburn BB7 4HQ
Received 14 Mar 202216 The Grange Wilpshire Blackburn Lancashire
Received 16 Mar 2022BT Exchange Depot Railway View Avenue Clitheroe
Received 15 Mar 2022Woodland Barn Dewhurst Farm Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD
Received 15 Mar 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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