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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2003/0473
Alter or Extend a Listed Building EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE EXTRA CLASSROOM AND STAFF ROOM SPACES. PROVIDE DISABLED ACCESS & FACILITIES. DEMOLITION OF SMALL EXTENSION AND REMOVAL OF CLERESTORY/DORMER WINDOW (LBC) (RESUBMISSION)
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND, CLITHEROE BB7 4NP
Received 23 May 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0517
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed replacement dormer to rear.
37 Hacking Drive Longridge PR3 3EP
Received 18 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0518
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and outbuilding and construction of two-storey extension to side and single-storey extension to rear. Widening of driveway.
18 Queensway Waddington BB7 3HL
Received 18 Jun 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0519
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE Prior notification for the proposed conversion of a barn to one new two-storey dwelling under class Q (a) and (b).
Barn at Winckley Hall Farm Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0520
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing extensions and construction of new single-storey extension to rear.
17 Whitewell Drive Clitheroe BB7 2NY
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0521
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 15 (hard surfacing) of planning permission 3/2023/0085.
Talbot Hotel (Barn) 5 Talbot Street Chipping PR3 2QE
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0522
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 9 (parking and access), and 12 (boundary treatment) of listed building consent 3/2023/0086
Talbot Hotel (Barn) 5 Talbot Street Chipping PR3 2QE
Received 19 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0523
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of conservatory and replacement with single-storey, pitched-roof extension to rear including velux rooflights.
Sunnyside Stoneygate Lane Ribchester PR3 3YN
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0524
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing side and rear extension and replacement with new single-storey, flat-roof extension with lantern lights to side and rear.
14 Copster Drive Longridge PR3 3SH
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0525
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of land and buildings in association with an agricultural contractor and welding business.
Isaacs Farm Barn Parsonage Lane Chipping PR3 2GJ
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0526
Applications for full consent Erection of single-storey extension to rear and regulisation of unauthorised extension of domestic curtilage
Kiln Barn Kiln Lane Paythorne BB7 4JD
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0474
Applications for full consent EXTENSION TO FORM DINING ROOM, EXTENDED HALLWAY AND GROUND FLOOR W.C.
53 RIVERSIDE, LOW MOOR, CLITHEROE
Received 23 May 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0527
Applications for full consent Extension of and alterations to existing building with nil use for use as proposed two bedroom holiday let.
The Shooting Lodge Foxfields Farm Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0528
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of one new four-bedroom, single-storey farm worker's self-build dwelling with associated parking and landscaping. Installation of a surface water drainage soakaway and a package treatment unit.
Eaves Hall Farm Moor Lane West Bradford BB7 3JG
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0529
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing flat-roof front porch and replacement with pitched roof porch and canopy over front window.
16 Eastmoor Drive Clitheroe BB7 1LG
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0530
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of barn to two two-storey, three-bedroom dwellings and one three-storey, four-bedroom dwelling with associated landscaping, outbuildings and parking.
Barn at Cockshotts Farm Stubbins Lane Sabden BB7 9EH
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0531
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of existing integral garage to study and WC, construction of porch to front and provision of additional hardstanding to create extra parking.
15 Copperfield Close Clitheroe BB7 1ER
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0532
Non-Material amendment Non material amendment to application 3/2024/0201 involving addition of window to front corner of side extension.
21 Abbots Croft Whalley BB7 9RR
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0533
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of existing building to dwelling and formation of residential curtilage.
Croft Cottage Ramsgreave Hall Farm Higher Ramsgreave Road Ramsgreave
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0534
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (construction traffic management plan) and 8 (site access and off-site works of highway mitigation) from planning permission 3/2023/0827.
Rossendale House York Street Clitheroe BB7 2DL
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0535
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of two-storey extension to side and detached double garage to front.
Happy Cottage Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green BB1 9EQ
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0536
Application for tree works in a conservation area Tree works application to crown raise T1 Yew over driveway; remove lower epicormic growth from T2 Lime; crown raise T3 Lime over driveway; crown raise T4 sycamore over driveway; crown raise T5 lime over driveway; crown raise and prune T6 oak to clear branches from building and telephone cables.
Lowfield Residential Home Railway View Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2HA
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Withdrawn3/2003/0164
Change of Use (MKA) EXTENSION OF LICENSED AREA INTO ADJACENT COTTAGE AND FORMATION OF STAIRCASE TO REAR
LORD NELSON PH, WHALLEY OLD ROAD, YORK, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 10 Feb 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0537
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell silver birch T1; crown raise hornbeam T2.
Land adjacent to Oatlands 61 West Bradford Road Waddington BB7 3JD
Received 26 Jun 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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