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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2023/0331
Applications for full consent Construction of equipment store and stable, and equine menage (part retrospective).
Ashcroft Mill Lane Waddington BB7 3JJ
Received 24 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0332
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of barn to domestic accommodation, construction of a two storey link extension between barn and house and removal of existing single storey extension on SW elevation of the house. (Resubmission of 3/2022/0426.)
Slack Farm Settle Road Newsholme BB7 4JF
Received 24 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0333
Application for tree works Tree Works (T1) Oak Tree - Crown lift, thin and reduce away from houses. Deadwood cleanse.
1 Elm Tree Grove Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HP
Received 24 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0334
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of the existing 2 storey conservatories and replacement with a 2 storey side extension. Demolition of existing garage and construction of a 2 storey replacement garage with guest suite above, attached to main house.
White Hill Back Lane Read Burnley BB12 7QP
Received 24 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0335
Application for tree works Tree Works as per Tree Risk Management Appraisal BTC2632.
Longsight House Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD
Received 26 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0336
Applications for full consent Regularisation of creation of a wildlife pond.
Land adj Great Mitton Hall Mitton Road Mitton BB7 9PQ
Received 24 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0337
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 9 (Written Scheme of Investigation) and 13 (Drainage) of planning permission 3/2022/0840.
Westmoor Farm Holden Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LZ
Received 25 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0338
Applications for full consent Proposed sheep shed and widening of existing site access.
Newlands Back Lane Chipping PR3 2QA
Received 25 Apr 2023
Appeal Decided3/2003/0064
Change of Use (MKA) ERECTION OF L-SHAPED STABLE BLOCK ON CONCRETE BASE
END OF, ASHWORTH LANE, LOW MOOR, CLITHEROE
Received 27 Jan 2003
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0339
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of the annex to use as a holiday cottage, minor changes to external fenestration and conversion of garage to a lounge.
Annex at Cuttock Clough House Mill Lane Waddington BB7 3JJ
Received 25 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0340
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey rear extension.
20 Roman Way Clitheroe BB7 1JF
Received 25 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0341
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for the provision of new refrigeration equipment to be sited on the existing first floor level roof plant area.
E H Booths Station Road Clitheroe BB7 2JT
Received 25 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0342
Agricultural determination Prior notification for a proposed agricultural building (length 18.5 metres, height to eaves 4.6 metres, breadth 9.3 metres, height to ridge 6 metres).
Lower Edge Farm Tinklers Lane Slaidburn Lancashire BB7 4TP
Received 18 May 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0343
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of two air source heat pumps.
Lees House Whitewell Road Cow Ark Whitewell BB7 3DG
Received 26 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0344
Agricultural determination Prior approval for a proposed concrete track (track 2) (115m x 5m) to allow access to fields within the farmstead for cattle and machinery to reduce spread of impact upon land and water run off to surrounding field areas.
Law Farm Trapp Lane Simonstone BB12 7JE
Received 26 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0345
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of manual timber front entrance doors with fully automated aluminium doors.
Well Court Well Terrace Clitheroe BB7 2AD
Received 26 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0346
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of vacant land to side of 21 Bright Street into residential curtilage (approx 80sqm). Erection of a two storey extension to side with a single storey extension to rear and a 2m high boundary wall to side and rear.
Land to the side of 21 Bright Street Clitheroe BB7 1NW
Received 27 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0347
Applications for full consent Proposed porch extension to front elevation with creation of enclosed front garden
The Old Quaker House Newton Road Newton BB7 3DZ
Received 27 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0348
Observations to Another Local Authority Consultation request on LCC application LCC/2022/0063/1 for the compliance with conditions 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d of permission LCC/2022/0063 (Design and building materials).
St Josephs RC Primary School Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9QJ
Received 27 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2003/0065
Applications for full consent NEW REAR PORCH, NEW FRONT PORCH - REPLACING PORCH APPROVED IN APPLICATION 3/00/0066
RICHMOND HOUSE BARN, HOUGHCLOUGH LANE, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 29 Jan 2003
Withdrawn3/2023/0349
Application for tree works Tree Works - Manangement and removal of 3 x failed trees (Sycamore) . Removal of 2 trees (sycamore) that were felled in 2018 prior to the TPO being put in place. Permission is sought to replant trees to the woodland area once the failed/felled trees are removed.
Brookside Whalley Road Mellor Brook Blackburn BB2 7HY
Received 27 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0350
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of a single storey rear lean to extension, front porch, outbuilding and garden walls. Construction of a single storey side extension and associated external works. Resubmission of 3/2022/1181 with design amendments.
Cherry Hall Main Street Grindleton BB7 4QT
Received 28 Apr 2023
Withdrawn3/2023/0351
Removal of Condition Two-storey extension to side and alterations to provide additional accommodation (pursuant to removal of condition 5 (Annex occupancy) on permission 3/2018/0583.
Burnridge School House Grunsagill Road Bolton by Bowland BD23 4SL
Received 28 Apr 2023
Decided - Final Decision3/2023/0352
Applications for full consent Proposed redevelopment of the existing dwelling, including a new wrap around hipped roof single storey extension. Replacement detached garage. Resubmission of 3/2023/0064.
10 Manor Road Whalley BB7 9TE
Received 28 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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