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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0799
Applications for full consent Retrospective application for change of use from use class E(g) offices to class E(d) gym and extension of opening hours to 24 hours Monday-Sunday inclusive.
Unit 16 Baublock Blackburn Road Simonstone BB12 7FS
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0800
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell three sycamore trees.
Cross House Broad Lane Whalley BB7 9TW
Received 25 Sept 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0801
Applications for full consent Proposed retention of 2m high boundary fence.
2 Woodside Road Simonstone BB12 7JG
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0802
Applications for full consent Proposed B2 industrial unit 59.5m sq behind existing industrial unit of 169m sq.
Central Garage Warwick Street Longridge PR3 3EB
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0803
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing single storey porch/ bedroom/ utility, car port, conservatory and detached garage. Construction of two-storey side extension, single storey rear extension and new front porch. Replacement windows and doors, alterations and resurfacing of driveway and installation of solar panels and render finish to SE side elevation.
10 Barker Lane Mellor BB2 7ED
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0804
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for replacement first-floor windows to rear elevation.
6 Main Street Bolton by Bowland Clitheroe BB7 4NW
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0805
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition3 (external materials) of planning permission 3/2023/0817.
Root Farm Dunsop Bridge Clitheroe BB7 3BB
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0806
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (sound insulation) of planning permission 3/2024/0513.
22 and 23-25 Old Row Whalley Road Barrow BB7 9AZ
Received 26 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0640
Applications for full consent EXTENSION OF BIO-FILTRATION PLANT STACK AND RELOCATION OF EXHAUST FAN
SKRETTING, SHAY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 14 Jul 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0807
Application for tree works in a conservation area Crown raise ash tree to 4m and crown thin and clean canopy.
Owl Dene Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0808
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of rear porch, conversion of existing, attached garage to habitable rooms (involving insertion of new doors and windows), insertion of new dormers across both roof slopes.
31 Eastfield Drive West Bradford BB7 4TQ
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0809
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell plum tree, fell cherry tree, fell prunus Kanzan, fell acer, fell hawthorn.
Monks Lodge Sawley Road Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0811
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell Horse Chestnut and replant three select standard oaks at 6m centres 1m clear of the footpath wall.
St Marys and All Saints Parish Church Church Lane Whalley BB7 9SY
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0812
Applications for full consent Proposed removal of existing shop front and installation of replacement featuring a redwood timber frame and single-glazed laminated glass.
14 Castle Street Clitheroe BB7 2BX
Received 27 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0813
Applications for full consent Proposed new double garage with residential annex above; increased hardstanding/parking area; new sewage treatment plant to discharge into watercourse; alterations to approved fenestration of single-storey extension and additional rooflights.
Lower Hud Lee Farm Longridge Road Hurst Green BB7 9QP
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0814
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (EPS Licence), 6 (bat boxes), 10 (building recording and analysis) and condition 11 (foul and surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 3/2023/0814.
Springwood Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9PN
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0815
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of detached garage and construction of two-storey and single-storey extensions to side and rear, incorporating front dormer, including new, integral double garage and replacement sewage treatment plant.
1 Cockleach Cottages Chipping Road Longridge PR3 2NB
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0816
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of the existing two-storey conservatories and replacement with a two-storey side extension and single-storey side extension with roof terrace above. Demolition of existing garage and construction of a two-storey replacement garage with guest suite above, attached to main house.
White Hill Back Lane Read BB12 7QP
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0641
Applications for full consent PROPOSED LIVESTOCK BUILDING
MANOR HOUSE FARM, PAYTHORNE, CLITHEROE
Received 14 Jul 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0817
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions18 (landscape phasing scheme) and 19 (landscape management plan) of planning permission 3/2019/1104.
Land off Hawthorne Farm Hawthorne Place Clitheroe BB7 2HU
Received 30 Sept 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0818
Application for tree works Prune/crown reduce Scots Pine.
25 Shireburn Caravan Park Edisford Road Waddington BB7 3LB
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0819
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed 1m high fencing and new entrance gates at vehicular access.
The Village Hall Franklin Hill Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HY
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0820
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for proposed new fire-rated boiler enclosure to the West Wing for new boilers; changing a vent in a window opening; changing of a window opening into a vent; replacement of West Wing extract flue with a plume to redirect the boiler ventilation away from the historic stonework; East Wing boiler room to have flood barrier installed as previously approved in 3/2017/0087; East Wing extract flue to be replaced with a plume to redirect the boiler ventilation away from historic stonework and inhabited rooms.
Whalley Abbey The Sands Whalley BB7 9SS
Received 1 Oct 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0821
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (window elevations and sections) and 4 (roof light specification) of planning permission 3/2024/0363.
16-18 Lowergate Clitheroe BB7 1AD
Received 2 Oct 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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