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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2023/0134
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell two juniper trees marked Tree 1 and Tree 2. Fell two dead trees marked Tree 3 and Tree 4. H1 - Reduce Leylandii hedgerow by 2m to avoid further damage to the garage
Eastwood House Old Back Lane Wiswell BB7 9BS
Received 13 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0135
Variation of Condition Variation of condition 1 (approved plans) of planning permission 3/2020/0803 to allow for first floor accommodation.
114 Clitheroe Road Whalley BB7 9AQ
Received 13 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0136
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey side extension.
The Brambles Sawley Road Sawley Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 4LE
Received 13 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0734
Applications for full consent CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE BY PROVISION OF 6NO. GARAGES
RIBBLESDALE ARMS, MAIN STREET, GISBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Aug 2002
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0137
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and detached garage. Construction of single storey side and rear extension.
22 Calder Avenue Billington BB7 9NQ
Received 14 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0138
Applications for full consent Construction of a pair of semi-detached dwellings as a change of house type to the single large detached dwelling on Plot 1 previously approved on application 3/2019/1103.
Twin Brook Farm Up Brooks Clitheroe BB7 1PL
Received 14 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0139
Applications for full consent Formation of new agricultural access together with creation of agricultural access track to existing and approved agricultural buildings. Formation of agricultural hardstanding to approved agricultural building
Meargill Farm Holden Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LZ
Received 14 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0140
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Single storey rear extension.
14 Wiswell Lane Whalley BB7 9AF
Received 15 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0141
Applications for full consent Two storey side and rear extension, dormer and rooflights added to side elevation , single storey extension to side and rear, balcony to rear and external works to create raised terrace areas and erection of detached garden house.
6 Tintern Close Simonstone BB12 7SS
Received 15 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0142
Applications for full consent Demolition of existing dwelling. Creation of two new semi detached dwellings with associated access, parking and garden areas
The Hawthorns West Bradford Road Waddington BB7 3JE
Received 15 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0143
Applications for full consent Demolition of existing stable building and construction of agricultural building for purpose of hobby farm.
Land at Beech House Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 16 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0144
Applications for full consent New vehicular access and parking area within existing garden of 93 Ribchester Road. Increase width of vehicular access to Salesbury Memorial Hall from Ribchester Road including drop kerbs and footpath alterations; resubmission of 3/2022/0628.
Salesbury Memorial Hall and 93 Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9HT
Received 17 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0145
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials) of planning application 3/2021/0542.
The Institute Rear of St Mary's Centre Church Street Clitheroe BB7 2DG
Received 15 Feb 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0146
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for the replacement of an existing greenhouse with a larger greenhouse.
Higher Chipping House Cutler Lane Chipping PR3 2SY
Received 17 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2002/0735
Applications for full consent DOUBLE GARAGE
BRICK HOUSE BARN, NEW LANE, WITHGILL, NR. CLITHEROE
Received 29 Aug 2002
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0147
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of conditions 7 (facing materials),8 (hard landscaping), 16 (provision of bat and bird boxes) and 17 (management plan) of planning permission 3/2022/0030.
Dewhurst Farm Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD
Received 20 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0148
Outline Outline planning application for up to 9,290sqm of employment development. (Use Class B2 - General Industrial and/or Use Class B8 - Storage and Distribution with access applied for off A59 Longsight Road (all other matters reserved).
Land south of Causeway Farm Balderstone BB2 7HZ
Received 17 Feb 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0149
Discharge of Conditions Discharge of condition 3 (retaining wall) of reserved matters 3/2019/0132.
Parcel 4 Land to the west of Malt Kiln Brow Chipping PR3 2GP
Received 20 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0150
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and enlargement of front and rear dormers.
78 Hacking Drive Longridge PR3 3FP
Received 20 Feb 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0151
Application for tree works in a conservation area Tree Works - Rowan Tree - crown reduce and clean and thin
Smithy Cottage Slaidburn Road Newton in Bowland Clitheroe BB7 3DY
Received 21 Feb 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0152
Outline Outline application for a proposed two-storey detached house (all matters reserved).
Highcroft Painter Wood Whalley Old Road Billington BB7 9JD
Received 21 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0153
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of a 66 bed care home (use class C2) for elderly people with associated parking, access, landscaping and associated ground works, alongside the erection of 3 dwellings (use class C3) following the demolition of nos. 23-25 Old Row.
Old Row Whalley Road Barrow BB7 9AZ
Received 21 Feb 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0154
Agricultural determination Prior notification for an agricultural building for feed and machinery.
Land To the South Of Stella Maris Alston Lane Preston PR3 3BN
Received 22 Feb 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0155
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey side extension.
Sheilings Clitheroe Road West Bradford BB7 4SH
Received 21 Feb 2023

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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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