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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Withdrawn3/2024/0538
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use from Laser Quest/Laser Tag venue to Gym/Health and Fitness Club. Operating hours to be 6am to 10pm Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday.
Battlestorm Laser Tag North Street Clitheroe BB7 1PG
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0539
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for breaking through a previously blocked doorway to give access between 33a and 33b King Street on the second floor level; construction of a fire partition and installation of a fire door to provide an emergency exit from floors 2 and 3 to the existing fire escape at the rear of the building. Reconfiguration of the layout of 33b King Street (second floor) including making an extra doorway to provide access to the fire escape route.
Macfarlane Dental Practice 33a King Street Whalley BB7 9SP and second floor above maisonette 33b King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0540
Applications for full consent Planning permission for change of use of residential unit (33B King Street) to commercial involving i) change of second floor to part of 33A King Street (Dentist) and ii) change of first floor to become part of existing commercial unit on the ground floor.
Macfarlane Dental Practice 33a King Street Whalley BB7 9SP and maisonette 33b King Street Whalley BB7 9SP and ground floor commercial unit 33 King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0541
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey, pitched-roof extension to side and rear.
17 Standen Edge Clitheroe BB7 1RD
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0542
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing garage and construction of single-storey extension to rear, two-storey and single storey extension to side and paving over front garden to provide additional parking spaces.
91 Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9HT
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0543
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including new staircase and flooring, replace windows, restoration of basement openings and rebuild chimney stack and replace railings. Demolition and replacement of modern outrigger to the rear.
1-3 Windy Street Chipping PR3 2GD
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0544
Applications for full consent Proposed provision of GRP Substation to house ENWL infrastructure, plant room building and associated alterations to site layout including reposited bin store, cycle store and boundary treatment alterations.
The Old Garage Site Newton Road Dunsop Bridge BB7 3BB
Received 27 Jun 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0545
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE Prior approval under Class Q (a) and (b) for the proposed change of use of an agricultural building to one single-storey, two-bedroom dwelling.
Barn at 2 Pinfold Farm Barn Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3YD
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0546
PRIOR APPROVAL CLASS ZA DEMOLITION BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSES Prior approval of demolition of stable building.
2 Pinfold Farm Barn Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3YD
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2005/0867
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Conversion of redundant attached agricultural store to extend existing living accommodation. Form additional window and door openings and include additional roof-lights, construct detached garage and demolish outbuilding (store) because it is unsafe.
Jenkinsons Farm Thornley-with-Wheatley Longridge Lancashire
Received 6 Oct 2005 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0165
Advertisements PROJECTING SIGN
A) JUNCTION OF HOWGILL LANE/A682 (EAST SIDE), AND B) ACCESS TO GREAT TODBER FROM HOWGILL LANE, GISBURN, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 25 Feb 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0547
Agricultural determination Prior notification for livestock/storage building.
Land to rear of Greystones Kenyon Lane Langho BB6 8AN
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0548
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension with lantern light to front.
Mearley Lodge Primrose Road Clitheroe BB7 1DR
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0549
Applications for full consent Regularisation of change of use to holiday let.
4 Nelson Street Clitheroe BB7 2NQ
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0550
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing dwelling and garage and erection of replacement self-build dwelling and detached garage.
6 Stubbins Lane Sabden BB7 9EP
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0551
Agricultural determination Prior notification for roofing over an existing manure store.
Bolton Peel Farm Bolton by Bowland Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NJ
Received 5 Jul 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0552
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of ground floor unit (Use class E) and first floor flat (Use Class C3) to House in Multiple Occupation with up to eight rooms (Use Class Sui Generis) including removal of shop front and replacement with two ground floor windows and addition of new door and window to side elevation.
Ground Floor Unit and First Floor Flat 27-29 Bawdlands Clitheroe BB7 2LA
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0553
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 1 (commencement), 2 (approved plans), 3 (materials), 4 (construction method statement) of planning permission 3/2022/0650.
Mill House (Oak Tree Barn) Chipping Road Chaigley BB7 3LS
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0554
Applications for full consent Proposed new vehicular access including provision of tarmac surface.
Land adjacent to Lea Barn Four Acre Lane Preston PR3 2TB
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0555
Agricultural determination Prior notification for covered animal gathering/handling yard consisting of steel portal framed building under profile sheet roof with poured concrete flooring 13.71m x 13.71m including associated area of external yard concreting 46m x 4m.
New Laund Farm Little Bowland Road Chipping BB7 3BN
Received 9 Jul 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0556
Agricultural determination Prior notification for the erection of two storage containers on legs painted dark green and clad in natural timber to be used for the purposes of forestry.
Wetters Bridge Plantation Twitter Lane Waddington BB7 3LG
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0166
Advertisements SHOP SIGN AND PROJECTING SIGN
8 KING STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 5 Mar 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0557
Applications for full consent Proposed removal of an external timber staircase to side and replacement with a steel balcony.
11 Bridge End Whalley Road Billington BB7 9NU
Received 1 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0558
Applications for full consent Proposed dormer to front.
87 West View Clitheroe BB7 1DB
Received 1 Jul 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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