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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lawson House Farm Bolton by Bowland Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NJ
Received 20 Sept 2023Greendale Wood, Grindleton
Received 21 Sept 2023THE ORCHARD, WALTON FOLD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 7 Jan 2002Burholme Farm Dunsop Road Whitewell Clitheroe BB7 3AU
Received 20 Sept 2023Judge Walmsley Mill Longworth Road Billington BB7 9TP
Received 20 Sept 2023Incy Bobbin Mill 10 Longridge Road Hurst Green BB7 9QP
Received 21 Sept 202315 Billington Gardens Billington BB7 9LU
Received 21 Sept 20236 Jumbles View Hurst Green BB7 9ZH
Received 21 Sept 2023Bluebell Cottage 3 Manor Row Manor Road Copster Green BB1 9EJ
Received 21 Sept 2023The Hawthorns West Bradford Road Waddington BB7 3JE
Received 22 Sept 2023Pewter House Farm Commons Lane Balderstone BB2 7LN
Received 22 Sept 2023Gypsy Cottage Alston Lane Alston Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 22 Sept 2023Ashes Farm Cottage Salesbury BB1 9EQ
Received 25 Sept 2023LOW FARM, RIBCHESTER ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 1 Mar 2002Salem Congregational Chapel Long Lover Lane Rimington BB7 4EG
Received 25 Sept 2023Land between 5 Waterside Close and Black Hill View
Received 25 Sept 2023Waterloo Timber and Waterloo Mill Waterloo Road Clitheroe BB7 1LR
Received 25 Sept 2023Land adj Rush Paddock Farm Osbaldeston Lane Osbaldeston BB2 7LY
Received 25 Sept 2023Kemple Side Clitheroe Road Knowle Green PR3 2YS
Received 26 Sept 202330a Barker Lane Mellor BB2 7ED
Received 26 Sept 20231 Bonny Grass Terrace Billington BB7 9LY
Received 26 Sept 2023First Floor Unit 6A Abbey Works Back King Street Whalley Lancashire BB7 9SP
Received 27 Sept 2023Land east of Chipping Lane Longridge
Received 2 Oct 2023Croft Cottage Ramsgreave Hall Farm Higher Ramsgreave Road Ramsgreave
Received 28 Sept 2023Records 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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