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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0756
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for proposed alterations to wall adjacent to driveway and installation of three air source heat pumps.
Waddington Hall Clitheroe Road Waddington BB7 3HP
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0571
Applications for full consent RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: 10NO. SINGLE BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND 14NO. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR SHELTERED SUPPORT TO THE ELDERLY INC STAFF SUPPORT UNIT
LAND AT, MITCHELL STREET, CLITHEROE, BB7 1DF
Received 26 Jun 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0757
Application in principle Permission in Principle for one new dwelling in the garden.
Addison House Lower Lane Longridge PR3 2YH
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0758
Applications for full consent Application for change of use from a mixed use within Class F1(a) and Sui Generis use as a Wedding Venue for up to 40 days a year to Sui Generis use as a Wedding Venue for up to 100 events a year
The Outbarn Clough Bottom Rabbit Lane Talbot Bridge Bashall Eaves BB7 3NA
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0759
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey extension to side and rear with first floor balcony and glazed canopy over patio area to rear.
22 Willows Park Lane Longridge PR3 3HJ
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0760
Applications for full consent Planning Permission for the proposed conversion of existing domestic outbuilding into detached annexe accommodation.
Ashgrove Barn 1 Shawbridge Street Clitheroe BB7 1LZ
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0761
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for new windows, internal walls and conversion of existing domestic outbuilding into detached annexe accommodation.
Ashgrove Barn 1 Shawbridge Street Clitheroe BB7 1LZ
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0762
Applications for full consent Regularisation of boundary wall with access gate to rear.
61 Salthill Road Clitheroe BB7 1PE
Received 10 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0763
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (details of railings and fences) of planning permission 3/2023/0218.
Highcliffe Cottage Lower Chapel Lane Grindleton BB7 4RN
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0764
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE
Parsonage Farm Church Street Ribchester PR3 3YE
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0765
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to side and rear and enlargement of rear dormer.
3 Hoghton Road Longridge PR3 3UA
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0766
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of barn to one new dwelling with associated parking and amenity space.
Old Vicarage Farm Talbot Bridge Road Bashall Eaves BB7 3DB
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0572
Applications for full consent CATTLE ENCLOSURE WITH HAY/TRACTOR STORE, TO THE SOUTHERN END OF FIELD REF8591 - WOODS BROW
WOODS BROW, BALDERSTONE, BLACKBURN
Received 9 Jun 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0767
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for re-roofing of existing house.
Lovely Hall Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green BB1 9EQ
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0768
Applications for full consent Planning Permission for re-roofing of existing house.
Lovely Hall Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green BB1 9EQ
Received 12 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0769
Agricultural determination Prior notification for roofing over existing livestock yard.
Hen Gill Farm Hellifield Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4LY
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0770
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing attached greenhouse, lowering of ground levels and construction of single-storey side and rear extension.
Ing End Barn Skeleron Lane Rimington BB7 4EH
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0771
Outline Outline planning application for up to 9,290sqm of employment development. (Use Class B2 - General Industrial and/or Use Class B8 - Storage and Distribution with access applied for off A59 Longsight Road (all other matters reserved).
Land at Causeway Farm Longsight Road Balderstone BB2 7HZ
Received 16 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0772
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of secondary acoustic fencing alongside existing boundary fencing which is to be retained.
14 Nethertown Close Whalley BB7 9SF
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0773
Applications for full consent Proposed two-storey extension to side.
80 Hawthorn Road Barrow BB7 9EE
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0774
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of garage to habitable room with first floor extension over. Proposed new roof including hip to gable and increase in eaves and ridge height. New dormers and rooflights to front and rear and new peak roof to front with new cladding.
Kenwood 162 Whalley Road Wilpshire BB1 9LJ
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0775
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of one single-storey three-bedroom dwelling with detached stabling for three horses with store.
Blackhall Beck Garstang Road Chipping PR3 2QJ
Received 17 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0776
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for repairs to roof of dwelling and attached barns including removal and reinstatement of roof slates.
Brook House Green Hole House Lane Slaidburn BB7 4TS
Received 18 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0637
Applications for full consent INCREASE NUMBER OF CAR BOOT SALES FROM 14 TO 28 PER YEAR (RESUBMISSION)
GISBURN COTES HALL, GISBURN, NR CLITHEROE
Received 14 Jul 2003
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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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