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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0187
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of four one-bedroom apartments in a purpose-built detached building with access off Ribchester Road, following demolition of existing garage. Resubmission of 3/2023/0930.
Clayton Manor Ribchester Road Wilpshire BB1 9HU
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0188
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 2 (details of new materials to be used) from Enforcement Appeal Decision APP/Q2371/F/22/3296097.
Former Punch Bowl Inn Longridge Road Hurst Green BB7 9QW
Received 7 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0189
Agricultural determination Prior notification for roofing over existing open silage clamp.
Lower Alston Farm Riverside Ribchester PR3 3XS
Received 7 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0190
Applications for full consent Proposed engineering works to form an open silage clamp (three walls and slab only).
Lower Alston Farm Riverside Ribchester PR3 3XS
Received 7 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0191
Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0174 to add French doors and glazed Juliet balcony to gable and vertical cladding to south west elevation.
17 Elm Tree Grove Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HP
Received 8 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0192
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (materials) of planning permission 3/2024/0022.
Higher Beck Farm Green Moor Lane Ribchester PR3 2YR
Received 4 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0193
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell three fir trees.
Robinsons Barn West Lane Worston BB7 1QA
Received 5 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0963
Applications for full consent PROPOSED ALTERATION TO GROUND FLOOR AND FORMATION OF A FIRST FLOOR WITH DORMERS. RE-SUBMISSION
67 PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 24 Oct 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0195
Applications for full consent Proposed agricultural building to roof over a livestock handling area and concreting.
Land off Ward Green Lane Ribchester
Received 6 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0196
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by Conditions 9 (surface water sustainable drainage scheme) and 17 (boundary treatment) of planning permission 3/2019/1104.
Land off Hawthorne Farm Hawthorne Place Clitheroe BB7 2HU
Received 7 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0197
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of two detached two-storey dwellings, double garages with car ports, access and landscaping.
Land at Bentlea Road Gisburn
Received 7 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0198
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE
Pinfold Farm Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3YD
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0199
Agricultural determination Prior notification of a roof over an existing agricultural block waste building.
Bolton Fold Farm Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0200
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of 23 wooden single glazed multi-shaped windows with double glazed timber windows. Resubmission of 3/2022/0655.
93-97 Lowergate Clitheroe BB7 1AG
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0201
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extensions to front, side and rear.
21 Abbots Croft Whalley BB7 9RR
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0202
Application for tree works in a conservation area Prune yew tree.
Stanley House Lowergate Clitheroe BB7 1AD
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0203
Applications for full consent Proposed single storey extension to rear.
1 Newlands Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2PU
Received 8 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0964
Applications for full consent ALTERATION TO ROOF TO REAR ELEVATION TO FORM GABLE. RE-SUBMISSION
7 HIGHER RAMSGREAVE ROAD, RAMSGREAVE, BLACKBURN
Received 24 Oct 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0204
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for removal of part of an internal wall between the kitchen and dining room.
Sunny Bank Horton Road Horton BD23 3JT
Received 8 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0205
Applications for full consent Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed extension/alteration to existing detached garage to form ancillary accommodation to existing dwelling, including hobby room, gym, office and patio areas.
Summerfield Green Lane Horton-in-Craven Skipton Yorkshire BD23 3JT
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0206
Advertisements Advertisement consent for sign illuminated by a separate trough light to easterly gable of the premises.
1 Lower Lane Longridge PR3 3SL
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0207
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell cypress tree.
St Helens Church Twitter Lane Waddington BB7 3HS
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0208
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and replacement with single-storey extension to rear.
Upbrooks Farm Upbrooks Clitheroe BB7 1PL
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0209
Applications for full consent Proposed addition of one new window opening (window frame to be timber) to the front elevation and three new conservation style velux rooflights to the rear elevation.
21 Lawsonsteads Brookes Lane Whalley BB7 9RG
Received 12 Mar 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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