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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0210
Variation of Condition Change of use from shop (A1 retail) to mixed use shop and cafe (A1 retail and A3 cafe) (pursuant to variation of condition 4 (opening hours) to 8am to 10pm Mon to Sat and 10am-9pm on Sundays).
40 Castle Street Clitheroe BB7 2BX
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0211
Variation of Condition Proposed conversion and re-use of the unused space to a building for any use under Class E (commercial, business and service). The unsafe wall to be partially demolished due to poor condition and rebuilt (pursuant to variation of condition 7 to allow a gin school to operate Monday to Sunday from 9am to 9pm).
35B King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Received 12 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0212
Agricultural determination Prior notification for agricultural storage building 22.9m long, 9.14m wide, 3.66m high to eaves and 4.88m high to ridge.
Huntroyde Home Farm Whins Lane Simonstone BB12 7QL
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0213
Applications for full consent Regularisation of Restaurant and Car Park
Gazegill Organic Farm Lower Gazegill Farm Cross Hill Lane Rimington BB7 4EE
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1030
Applications for full consent NEW TWO STOREY AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS
MEADOWS END, RIBCHESTER ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 21 Nov 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0214
Applications for full consent Regularisation of change of use from Class B2/B8 (general industrial) to Class E (commercial business and service), provision of mezzanine floor and extension of opening hours to 6.30am to 9.00 pm Monday to Friday, 7.00 am to 4.00 pm on Saturdays and 7.00 am to 1.00 pm on Sundays.
Unit 45 Mitton Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9YE
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0215
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing rear conservatory and existing flat roof front porch and replacement with single-storey extension to rear and pitched roof porch to front. Alterations to fenestration on front elevation.
38 Wellbrow Drive Longridge PR3 3TB
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0216
Advertisements Advertisement consent for vinyl wrap to the front of the proposed Medpoint prescription collection machine including white static LED strip light to top of screen.
40 King Street Whalley BB7 9SL
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0217
Application for tree works in a conservation area Crown raise avenue of limes (G1) on the west side where necessary, to enable contractors to install a temporary access track so a Changing Places Toilet can be built; remove overhanging goat willow stem from adjacent land (T1); crown raise two sycamore trees and remove laurel (G2).
Clitheroe Castle Clitheroe BB7 1BG
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0218
Applications for full consent Regularisation of front and rear dormers and single-storey extension to rear.
3 Springdale Road Langho BB6 8ER
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0219
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of a single-storey, flat-roof extension to the rear. Resubmission of 3/2021/0050.
Shenstone Manor Road Copster Green BB1 9EP
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0220
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of existing asbestos roof with plastisol coated steel roofing sheets, replacement of existing timber doors with two plastisol roller shutter doors.
Ambulance Shed Longridge Depot Dixon Road Longridge PR3 3JE
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0221
Agricultural determination Prior notification for roofing over existing slurry store 39m long, 15.8m wide, 4.75m high to ridge and 2.6m high to eaves.
Carlinghurst Farm Huntingdon Hall Lane Ribchester PR3 2ZT
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0222
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 14 (surface water drainage) of planning permission 3/2023/0305.
land at former Higher Standen Farm (adj Swardean Way Valley Lane Higher Peak Crescent South Gate Broadfield Street) Pendle Road Clitheroe BB7 1PR
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0223
Applications for full consent Proposed renewal of the temporary single-storey extension to the pre-prep school (Hodder House) containing two classrooms, toilet facilities and a cloakroom (approved under 3/2019/0335) for a further three years.
Hodder House Stonyhurst College Avenue Road Hurst Green BB7 9PZ
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1031
Applications for full consent PERIMETER BOUNDARY FENCE TO FRONT ELEVATION ENCLOSING GARDEN AREA
150 WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 20 Nov 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0224
Application for tree works Crown lift T1 horse chestnut; fell T2 horse chestnut; fell T3 maple.
Chapels 16 The Drive Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8BJ
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0225
Applications for full consent Proposed first floor extension to side and detached garage to front.
Birchover Longsight Road Copster Green BB1 9EX
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0226
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 9 (protected species mitigation licence) and 10 (landscaping plan) of planning permission 3/2023/0619.
Moor Cock Farm Clitheroe Road Ribchester PR3 2YT
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0227
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing garage and erection of replacement double garage with home office above, new driveway and entrance posts and new boundary fence.
Parkdale Waddington Road Clitheroe BB7 2JE
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0228
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory, and two storey and single storey extensions to rear.
6 Knunck Knowles Drive Clitheroe BB7 2JF
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0229
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear.
4 Meadow Close Whalley BB7 9YA
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0230
Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0642 involving change of roof materials from stainless steel profile roofing sheets to slate.
Former Ashcroft Mill Lane Waddington BB7 3JJ
Received 25 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0231
Applications for full consent Proposed concreting adjacent to agricultural building.
Land off Settle Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NT
Received 21 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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