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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0713
Agricultural determination Prior notification for concreting over yard (700 m sq).
Hesketh End Judd Holmes Lane Chipping PR3 2TJ
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0714
Agricultural determination Prior notification for roofing over two areas:- outside loafing area and slurry store.
Paradise Farm Rakes Lane Horton in Craven BD23 3JT
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0715
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey gabled extension to front and single-storey extension to side.
27 Calfcote Lane Longridge PR3 3SZ
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0716
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing lean-to building and workshop and construction of one new agricultural livestock (cattle) building together with a roof over an existing manure store.
Fober Farm Newton Road Newton-in-Bowland BB7 3ED
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Appeal Decided3/2003/0495
Barn Conversion (Residential) (MKA) PROPOSED CONVERSION OF BARN INTO DWELLING
STONE HOUSE BARN, ADJACENT TO THE STONE HOUSE, BLACKBURN ROAD, RIBCHESTER, PRESTON
Received 2 Jun 2003 - Withdrawn3/2024/0717
Applications for full consent Proposed stable block.
Scott House Green Moor Lane Ribchester PR3 2YR
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0718
Prior notification of proposed larger home extensions
6 Berkshire Close Wilpshire BB1 9NG
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0719
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell pine tree.
7 Clitheroe Road Sabden BB7 9HD
Received 22 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0720
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of existing agricultural building to dwelling and new domestic curtilage.
Pinfold Farm Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3YD
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0721
Applications for full consent Proposed dormer to front and rear roofslopes and widening of the existing driveway entrance.
Four Winds Whitehall Lane Grindleton BB7 4RL
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0722
Applications for full consent Proposed dormer to front, two-storey extension to rear, demolition of existing garage and replacement with new single-storey single garage and garden store.
15 Highfield Drive Longridge PR3 3SN
Received 23 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0723
Applications for full consent Proposed independent sewage treatment plant to serve single dwelling.
Corgill Lodge Holden Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LZ
Received 27 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0724
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 18 (protected species mitigation license) and 26 (scheme for biodiversity enhancement) on planning permission 3/2022/0966.
Crow Trees Farm Crow Trees Brow Chatburn BB7 4AA
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0725
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (materials), 4 (landscaping), 17 (site investigation), 21 (electric vehicle charging points), 24 (cycle provision), 27 (boundary treatment), 29 (historic building recording), 30 (archaeological written scheme of investigation) of planning permission 3/2022/0966.
Crow Trees Farm Crow Trees Brow Chatburn BB7 4AA
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0726
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (construction management/method), 5 (site access and off site works of highway mitigation), 11 (car park surface water drainage), 17 (surface water drainage) and 18 (surface water and pollution prevention) on planning permission 3/2020/0911.
Shackletons Garden Centre Clitheroe Road Chatburn BB7 4JY
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Appeal Decided3/2003/0568
Applications for full consent LOFT CONVERSION TO INCORPORATE ROOF LIFT
FELL CROFT, 17 SNODWORTH ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 24 Jun 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0727
Applications for full consent Proposed general purpose agricultural and forestry building, access track and landscaping.
Land rear of Dusty Clough Barn Green Lane Chipping PR3 2TS
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0728
Application for tree works Remove single limb of T1 sycamore next to entrance, 5m crown raise on T2 Beech, T3 Acer, T4 Beech, T5 Horse Chestnut, T6 Beech and T7 Sweet Chestnut.
Chalker House Whiteacre Lane Wiswell BB7 9BL
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0729
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 6 (door materials) on planning permission 3/2022/0212.
The Barn Moor Lane Billington BB7 9JQ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0730
Applications for full consent Proposed new single-storey four-car garage.
Arleston Grange Whalley Old Road Billington BB7 9JF
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0731
Application for tree works in a conservation area Crown lift T1 sycamore, reduce hawthorn T2 by 50%, fell T3 hawthorn and T4 ash tree.
Painter Wood Farm Whalley Old Road Billington BB7 9JH
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0732
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell two ash trees.
Robinsons Barn West Lane Worston BB7 1QA
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0733
Applications for full consent Proposed building up of existing boundary wall to front and side from 1m to 1.8m constructed with block and render pillars holding close-boarded fence panels.
Blue Slates Sunnyside Avenue Ribchester PR3 3ZE
Received 30 Aug 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0734
Variation of Condition Proposed installation of eight holiday accommodation pods with associated service buildings, access track and use of land for associated holiday use (pursuant to variation of conditions 8 (completion of access track), 9 (implementation of parking and turning facilities), 16 (SW drainage strategy), 17 (construction SW management plan) and 18 (SW operation and maintenance manual) on planning permission 3/2023/0089.
Land adj Knot Lane at Hoober Farm Horton BD23 3JT
Received 2 Sept 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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