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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Harewood Avenue Simonstone BB12 7JB
Received 10 Jun 2022The Old Post Office Main Street Pendleton Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 31 Aug 2005LAND AT, OLD LANGHO ROAD, OLD LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 17 Oct 2002Bonnie House Moor Lane Wiswell BB7 9DG
Received 10 Jun 20225 Cherry Drive Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HU
Received 10 Jun 202210 Fairsnape Avenue Longridge PR3 3TL
Received 10 Jun 2022Lower Monubent House Bolton-by-Bowland Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 10 Jun 2022Land Adj to Little Monubent Farm Hellifield Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LY
Received 13 Jun 2022Coach and Horses 20 Main Street Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NW
Received 13 Jun 20221 to 7 George Street Whalley BB7 9TH
Received 13 Jun 2022Kirk Croft Bentlea Road Gisburn BB7 4EX
Received 14 Jun 2022Land to rear of Malt Kiln House Malt Kiln Brow Chipping PR3 2GP
Received 13 Jun 202220 Vicarage Lane Wilpshire Blackburn BB1 9HX
Received 14 Jun 20224 THE DENE, HURST GREEN, CLITHEROE BB7 9QF
Received 1 Aug 2002Jumbles Barn Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 14 Jun 2022Jumbles Barn Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 14 Jun 20228 Hillcrest Road Langho BB6 8EP
Received 14 Jun 2022Land off Shire Lane (adj Shire Lane House) Hurst Green BB7 9QR
Received 15 Jun 2022Rann Woodland Off Saccary Lane Mellor Blackburn
Received 15 Jun 2022Varleys Farm Anna Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NZ
Received 15 Jun 2022Bolton by Bowland CE Primary School Gisburn Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NP
Received 15 Jun 2022Coronation Gardens Clitheroe Road Waddington
Received 15 Jun 2022Lower Whins The Whins Sabden BB7 9HP
Received 15 Jun 2022Lower Whins The Whins Sabden BB7 9HP
Received 15 Jun 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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