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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Planning information Planning, Buildings and Countryside Contact planning Contact Planning Local plan Planning Policy Pre-application advice How to Apply for Planning Permission Conservation areas Conservation Areas Article 4 directions

Council contacts

Planning enquiries01200425111 Council source
Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ribblevalley.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiriesplanning@ribblevalley.gov.uk Council source

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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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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 Decision3/2022/0493
Applications for full consent Proposed change of window into a door on the Swan Pub car park elevation.
1 Accrington Road Whalley Lancashire BB7 9TD
Received 19 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0494
Application for tree works Oak Tree in rear garden - to be reduced/trimmed. Tree's in land adjacent to property to be reduced/removed due to blocking of light and leaf debris.
17 Elm Close Calderstones Whalley BB7 9UT
Received 18 May 2022
APPEAL LODGED3/2022/0495
Applications for full consent Retention of unauthorised windows and doors installed by previous owners.
Deer Barn Knowles Brow Stonyhurst Clitheroe BB7 9QX
Received 19 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0496
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) and 5 (Construction Management Plan) of planning application 3/2021/1237.
Chatburn CE Primary School Sawley Road Chatburn BB7 4AS
Received 18 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0497
Non-Material amendment Non material amendment to planning application 3/2018/0101. Relocation of the garage away from neighbours boundary with minor revisions to garage elevations including a reduction in height.
Edenholme Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9EY
Received 19 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0498
Applications for full consent Proposed agricultural building over an existing muck midden.
Higher House Farm Settle Lane Paythorne BB7 4JD
Received 19 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0499
Non-Material amendment Non material amendment of planning application 3/2021/1212. Proposed changes to make the gable wall 600mm wider and the corner window to be separated into rear patio doors and a fixed window.
Higher Newfield Edge Burnley Road Gisburn BB7 4JN
Received 20 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0803
Applications for full consent PROPOSED CONSERVATORY
1 STATION CLOSE, WILPSHIRE, BLACKBURN
Received 25 Sept 2002
APPEAL LODGED3/2022/0500
Applications for full consent Technical Details Consent for residential development of up to 9 dwellings following Permission in Principle application 3/2018/0582 and appeal APP/T2350/W/19/3223816.
Land to the south of Chatburn Old Road Chatburn
Received 20 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0501
Variation of Condition Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) of Listed Building Consent 3/2021/1018 to change the entrance canopy design drawing.
Stonyhurst College Avenue Road Hurst Green BB7 9PZ
Received 20 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0502
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use from a first-floor apartment to a hair and beauty salon.
9A Castlegate Clitheroe BB7 1AZ
Received 19 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0503
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of Conditions 5 (Boundary Treatments) and 11 (Written Scheme of Investigation) from planning permission 3/2021/1058.
Smalden House Farm Smalden Lane Grindleton BB7 4TN
Received 23 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0504
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE Prior notification for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to 2 dwelling houses.
Tile Croft Chipping Road Longridge PR3 2NB
Received 20 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0505
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey side and rear extension over existing garage and internal remodelling.
22 Green Drive Clitheroe BB7 2BB
Received 23 May 2022
APPEAL LODGED3/2022/0506
Applications for full consent Regularisation of unauthorised change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage. Resubmission of 3/2022/0049.
5 Hawthorn Close Langho BB6 8DZ
Received 23 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0507
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear.
Norden Tunstead Avenue Simonstone BB12 7NR
Received 24 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0508
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of a conservatory to rear.
10 Glendale Drive Mellor BB2 7HD
Received 24 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0509
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed flat roofed single storey rear extension.
102 Branch Road Mellor BB2 7NY
Received 25 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0804
Change of Use (MKA) CHANGE OF USE FROM STORAGE TO OFFICE/TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTRE
IT LEARNING CENTRE, THE OLD CO-OP, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 2LD
Received 25 Sept 2002
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0510
Applications for full consent Proposed external timber framed pergola to the south facing elevation of the public house.
Wilpshire Hotel 7 Whalley Road Wilpshire BB1 9LQ
Received 24 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0511
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of Conditions 3 (Materials) and 7 (Boundary Treatments) of planning application 3/2021/1286.
Land Adjacent to Mulgrave House Ribblesdale Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2HZ
Received 24 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0512
Application in principle Proposed construction of a dwelling with garage and garden curtilage
Land off Main Street Grindleton Clitheroe BB7 4RQ
Received 24 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0513
Agricultural determination Proposed local stone/hardcore agricultural track to allow livestock to access grazing 120m long, 3.3m wide.
Land at Woodfields Knowles Brow Hurst Green BB7 9PW
Received 25 May 2022
Decided - Final Decision3/2022/0514
Applications for full consent Proposed covered agricultural building
Cockshutts Farm Main Street Pendleton Clitheroe BB7 1PT
Received 25 May 2022

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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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