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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.
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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 dates29,791Searchable 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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Planning, Buildings and CountrysideContact planning Contact PlanningLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice How to Apply for Planning PermissionConservation areas Conservation AreasArticle 4 directions
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries01200425111Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanning.policy@ribblevalley.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesplanning@ribblevalley.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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 Decision3/2024/0361
Applications for full consent Demolition of utility room, garage and wall to front garden. Construction of two-storey extension to side and rear, single-storey extension to side, new double garage to rear and new vehicular accesses to front and rear, including parking spaces for two cars.
2 George Street Whalley BB7 9TH
Received 10 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0362
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of agricultural land for equestrian use and construction of riding arena with post and rail fencing 24m wide and 40m long.
Great Dudlands Gisburn Road Gisburn BB7 4LH
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0363
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use from church, shop and ancillary accommodation to three one-bedroomed dwellings including external alterations to the building consisting of new windows and rooflights.
16-18 Lowergate Clitheroe BB7 1AD
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/008N
Agricultural determination TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
PAVEMENT ON WATERLOO ROAD, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 22 Apr 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0364
Prior notification of proposed larger home extensions
Acre Wood Whalley Old Road Langho BB6 8DU
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0365
Applications for full consent To regularise the increase of dogs on site at the existing dog day care facility from 12 to 24.
Eaves Hall Farm Moor Lane West Bradford BB7 3JG
Received 13 May 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0366
Applications for full consent Proposed construction and operation of a battery energy storage system (132 MVA) and associated infrastructure, access and landscaping.
Land adjacent to Calder Works off Burnley Road Simonstone BB12 7ND
Received 14 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0367
Agricultural determination Prior notification for agricultural building for livestock, machinery and feed 22.8m long, 16.76m wide, 6.78m high to ridge and 3.2m high to eaves.
Land off Back Lane Chipping PR3 2QA
Received 14 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0368
Applications for full consent Proposed extension of existing garage to form single-storey office/utility space. Reconfiguration of patio doors on north-east elevation of main house. Resubmission of application 3/2023/0293.
Higher House Barn Back Lane Newton BB7 3EE
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0369
Non-Material amendment Non material amendment to application 3/2022/0593 involving change of pitched roof with skylights to flat roof with lantern lights.
17 Crumpax Avenue Longridge Preston PR3 3JQ
Received 16 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0370
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (external lighting) and 8 (construction management) of planning permission 3/2024/0028.
Seedalls Farmhouse Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford Clitheroe BB7 3JG
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0371
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for two storey extension to rear.
38 Higher Road Longridge PR3 3SX
Received 10 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0372
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of 113 solar panels to south-west-facing roof pitch over the main pedestrian entrance, the north-west-facing roof pitch over the underground car park and the south-east facing roof pitch facing the rear garden area.
Ribble Valley Borough Council Offices Church Walk Clitheroe BB7 2RA
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0373
Applications for full consent Planning application to replace eight PVCu windows with four sash and four casement double-glazed timber windows.
18 Church Street Ribchester PR3 3XP
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0090
Applications for full consent ERECTION OF CONSERVATORY
9 CRUMPAX MEADOWS, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 5 Feb 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0374
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent to replace eight PVCu windows with four sash and four casement double-glazed timber windows.
18 Church Street Ribchester PR3 3XP
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0375
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 17 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 3/2021/0268.
Land south west of Ribblesdale Hall Sawley Road Chatburn BB7 4LD
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0376
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of front conservatory with orangery, construction of single-storey extension to rear, conversion of garage to utility room and replacement of existing flat roof with pitched roof. New boundary fence to western boundary.
2 Church Close Clitheroe BB7 2HQ
Received 13 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0377
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of 40 photovoltaic panels on the front roof slopes.
Recreation Ground Sawley Road Grindleton BB7 4QS
Received 14 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0378
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of French doors to the rear with sliding patio doors. Alteration of first floor window to Juliet balcony with a tilt and turn door.
Pear Tree Cottage 3 Orchard Cottages Branch Road Waddington BB7 3HR
Received 14 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0379
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development to establish whether a material start has been made on planning permission 3/2020/1059 through the digging of a trench.
Stanley House Preston New Road Mellor BB2 7NP
Received 14 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0380
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE Prior approval for the conversion of agricultural stone barn to one two-storey dwelling under Class Q (a) and (b). (Resubmission of 3/2021/0307)
Laneside Barn Grindleton Road Grindleton Clitheroe BB7 4QH
Received 7 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0381
Applications for full consent Proposed extension to existing detached garage including increase in roof height.
1 Laneside Barn Stocks Lane Rimington BB7 4JR
Received 15 May 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0382
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of an agricultural building to four dwellings.
Barn at Alston Old Hall Farm Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 15 May 2024
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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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