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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2023/0308
Application for tree works in a conservation area T1 & T2 Lime trees crowns to be thinned out, primarily removing epicormic growth and any dead branches which will increase light and air penetration through the crowns but "NO REDUCTION IN HEIGHT".
Hoddercroft Newton in Bowland Clitheroe BB7 3DY
Received 14 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0309
Advertisements Proposed installation of external illuminated fascia sign and external illuminated hanging sign.
57 Berry Lane Longridge PR3 3NH
Received 14 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0310
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of a horse walker, multi purpose agricultural building and associated works.
The Barn Portfield Farm Portfield Lane Whalley BB7 9DP
Received 14 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0311
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of a timber storage building to be used in connection with the Everything Retreat.
Pendle View Primrose Lane Mellor BB2 7EQ
Received 14 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0312
Application for tree works Tree works - Crown lift/thin/deadwood to 3 Beech and 1 Sycamore tree.
37 Mellor Brow Mellor Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7EX
Received 17 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0313
Applications for full consent Demolition of the existing stable structure and erection of replacement building for home office/studio.
Jersey Farm Knowsley Road Wilpshire Lancashire BB1 9PX
Received 17 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0314
Agricultural determination Prior approval for a steel portal framed, multi-purpose agricultural building(Resubmission of 3/2022/1091).
Meadows Farm West Lane Worston Clitheroe BB7 1QA
Received 17 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0315
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of concrete based artificial stone roof tiles with natural blue slate and replacement of rooflights with velux conservation roof lights.
Barnsteads Barn Waddington Road West Bradford BB7 4SX
Received 17 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0317
Application for tree works Tree Works - T2, T3, T5, T8 (Ash) to be felled to ground level due to ash dieback, Elm also to be removed.
Land at garages Brookside Sabden BB7 9ET
Received 18 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0318
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (surfacing access drive) and 6 (surface water drainage) from planning permission 3/2023/0065.
47 Dilworth Lane Longridge PR3 3ST
Received 17 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2003/0002
Barn Conversion (Residential) (MKA) CONVERSION OF EXISTING BARN TO SINGLE DWELLINGHOUSE
WILLOW BROOK FARM (FORMERLY WILLOW FASS BARN), CLITHEROE ROAD, DUTTON, PRESTON
Received 2 Jan 2003
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0319
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey side extension.
62 St Marys Gardens Mellor BB2 7JP
Received 17 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0320
Variation of Condition Conversion of barn to two new dwellings including erection of garages and gardens and installation of new sewage treatment plant (pursuant to variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to change garage roof and relocate garage doors/windows for dwelling No. 2 on planning application 3/2018/0079).
New Ings Farm Hellifield Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LU
Received 18 Apr 2023
APPEAL LODGED3/2023/0321
Outline Outline application for one self-build dwelling with access applied for.
Land adj to 110 Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9HQ
Received 19 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0322
Applications for full consent Demolition of existing workshops to the rear of 17 to 23 King Street and erection of two new semi detached two-storey dwellings.
land rear of 17 to 23 King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Received 19 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0323
Applications for full consent Application for residential development of land for 14 houses, 2 bungalows and a new access road. (Resubmission of 3/2013/0440 and 3/2017/0351)
Land to the rear of Pendle Street East Sabden BB7 9EQ
Received 19 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0324
Agricultural determination Prior approval for the creation of a track to allow access by forestry machinery for felling and removing timber to roadside and for planting and future maintenance of proposed woodland creation.
Forestry road from existing surfaced track at Higher Fence Wood Farm Little Bowland Road Chipping BB7 3BN to the west of Whitewell.
Received 20 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0325
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (Construction Management Plan), 12 (Bird/Bat Boxes), 13 (Vegetation removal), 14 (Landscaping Scheme) of planning permission 3/2021/1153.
land adjacent to no 9 Old Road Chatburn BB7 4AB
Received 20 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0326
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of polytunnels.
Coars Farm Settle Road Bolton by Bowland BD23 4SN
Received 20 Apr 2023
APPEAL LODGED3/2023/0327
Outline Outline application for the erection of a detached dwelling with access applied for (all other matters reserved).
19 Abbey Road Whalley BB7 9RP
Received 21 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0328
Application for tree works T1 - Sycamore - Complete fell and core grinding of the stump.
Silverdale Lower Lane Longridge PR3 3SL
Received 21 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0063
Applications for full consent PROPOSED FORAMTION OF FIRST FLOOR OFFICES AND TOILETS IN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL UNITS TO SERVE FOOD PROCESSING BUSINESS TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS AND SERVICING REQUIREMENTS
SALTHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LINCOLN WAY, CLITHEROE, BB7 1QD
Received 27 Jan 2003
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0329
Prior notification of proposed larger home extensions
5 The Dales Langho BB6 8BW
Received 24 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0330
Applications for full consent Proposed alterations and extensions to an existing bungalow to create a two storey dwelling.
12 The Hazels Wilpshire BB1 9HZ
Received 24 Apr 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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