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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 dates
29,791Searchable 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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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.

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More application records

  1. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0012

    Agricultural determination Proposed steel framed agricultural livestock building 27.43m long, 12.19m wide, 3.66m high to eaves, 5.42m high to ridge.

    Windy Pike Farm Carters Lane Ellenthorpe Paythorne BB7 4HZ

    Received 8 Jan 2024
  2. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0013

    Observations to Another Local Authority Observations on South Ribble Borough Council application 07/2024/00012/LDO Temporary limited capacity foam mixing plant with associated storage, crushing and screening for the purposes of recycling and removing arisings from plot preparation earthworks.

    BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome Whalley Road Samlesbury BB2 7LB

    Received 8 Jan 2024
  3. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0014

    Alter or Extend a Listed Building Regularisation of replacement of softwood doors and windows with hardwood.

    Old Mill Cottage 9 Long Buildings Sawley Road Sawley BB7 4LE

    Received 9 Jan 2024
  4. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0015

    Applications for full consent Proposed dormer to rear roofslope.

    Endmoor Cottage 4 Mount Pleasant Padiham Road Sabden Clitheroe BB7 9EU

    Received 9 Jan 2024
  5. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0016

    Observations to Another Local Authority Consultation on LCC application LCC/2023/0039 to allow mineral working to continue until 1 July 2026 and final restoration to be completed by 1 July 2027.

    Waddington Fell Quarry Slaidburn Road Waddington BB7 3AA

    Received 10 Jan 2024
  6. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0017

    Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0056 involving repositioning the proposed passing places on the access track.

    Phynis Farm Catlow Road Slaidburn BB7 3AQ

    Received 11 Jan 2024
  7. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0018

    Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0100 involving change of approved brick types.

    Land west of Preston Road Longridge PR3 3BE

    Received 11 Jan 2024
  8. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0019

    Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (materials), 5 (boundary treatment), 8 (bat and bird boxes), 9 (EV charging points) and 10 (construction method statement) of Prior Approval 3/2021/0954 under class Q (a) and (b) for the conversion of the existing agricultural building to form 3 new dwellings.

    Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ

    Received 11 Jan 2024
  9. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0020

    Applications for full consent Erection of proposed extension to the dairy warehouse; new staff parking; landscaping across the whole site and associated works.

    Alston Dairy Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BL

    Received 11 Jan 2024
  10. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0021

    Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0223 involving alterations and additions to approved door and window details, pre-cast stone detailing added to all windows and doors on all elevations and curved eaves roof detail added to all gable eaves. All elevations now to be in the same external material (stone).

    Hillside Moor Lane Wiswell BB7 9DG

    Received 12 Jan 2023
  11. Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1025

    Change of Use (MKA) CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL PREMISES TO A DOMESTIC DWELLING INCLUDING ASSOCIATED BUILDING WORKS

    90 BAWDLANDS, CLITHEROE, LANCS

    Received 19 Nov 2003
  12. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0022

    Variation of Condition Refurbishment of existing barn and adjoining timber building to provide leisure area, including swimming pool (pursuant to variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 3/2023/0412.)

    Higher Beck Farm Green Moor Lane Ribchester PR3 2YR

    Received 12 Jan 2024
  13. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0023

    Agricultural determination Prior notification for proposed agricultural storage building 36.57m long, 18.28m wide, 6.09m high to eaves, 8.7m high to ridge.

    Land to the north of the A59 Horton in Craven BD23 3JP

    Received 12 Jan 2024
  14. Withdrawn3/2024/0024

    Variation of Condition Change of use of former auction house (Sui generis) to Class E for use as food production and sale area. To include a new metal security fence and the creation of 7 new parking spaces with associated cycle parking pursuant to variation of conditions 2 (approved plans) and 8 (permitted class use) of planning permission 3/2022/0301.

    The Bakehouse Lincoln Way Clitheroe BB7 1QD

    Received 12 Jan 2024
  15. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0025

    Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing bungalow and garage and construction of replacement bungalow and garage (Resubmission of 3/2023/0294).

    70 Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7EX

    Received 12 Jan 2024
  16. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0026

    Applications for full consent Installation of air source heat pump.

    Pendle View Bungalow Watt Street Sabden BB7 9ED

    Received 12 Jan 2024
  17. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0027

    Applications for full consent Proposed siting of one lodge (caravan) for holiday use and new footpath.

    Bowland Retreat Lodges Clitheroe Road Mitton BB7 9PH

    Received 15 Jan 2024
  18. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0028

    Applications for full consent Change of use of domestic garage and store to two-bedroom holiday accommodation.

    Seedalls Farmhouse Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford Clitheroe BB7 3JG

    Received 15 Jan 2024
  19. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0029

    Applications for full consent Proposed two-storey extension to rear, decking to side and new vehicular access and parking area to front, changes to land levels and provision of retaining walls.

    5 The Dene Hurst Green BB7 9QF

    Received 15 Jan 2024
  20. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0030

    Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Proposed insertion of two rooflights to front and flat-roof dormer extension to rear.

    46 Newton Street Clitheroe BB7 1DD

    Received 15 Jan 2024
  21. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0031

    Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (pre-commencement materials), 4 (bat survey recommendations) and 5 (non-opening, obscure glass windows) of planning permission 3/2017/1189.

    21 Humber Street Longridge Preston PR3 3WD

    Received 16 Jan 2024
  22. Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1026

    Applications for full consent PROPOSED CONSERVATORY TO REAR OF DORMER BUNGALOW

    5 BUTTERMERE ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON

    Received 13 Oct 2003
  23. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0032

    Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2019/1104 involving additions of solar panels to plots 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42., 45, 49, 50 and 51.

    Land off Hawthorne Farm Hawthorne Place Clitheroe BB7 2HU

    Received 16 Jan 2024
  24. Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0033

    Applications for full consent Change of use from holiday let to C3 dwelling with unrestricted residential use.

    1 Dewhurst Farm Holiday Let Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD

    Received 16 Jan 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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