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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0232
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (sections) of Listed Building Consent 3/2023/1020.
The Priory Hellifield Road Gisburn BB7 4HQ
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0233
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (sections) of planning permission 3/2023/1019.
The Priory Hellifield Road Gisburn BB7 4HQ
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0155
Applications for full consent EXTENSION OF EXISTING FIRST FLOOR LOFT INCLUDING NEW DORMER WINDOWS FRONT & REAR
14 HIGHFIELD DRIVE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 24 Feb 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0234
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of garage and outbuilding. Construction of two-storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear. Creation of new window on side elevation and creation of new parking area.
23 Pendleton Road Wiswell BB7 9DD
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0235
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for proposed internal alterations to ground floor layout, chimney reconstruction and new boundary wall and gate to rear.
Old Mill Cottage 9 Long Buildings Sawley Road Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0236
Applications for full consent Planning permission for chimney reconstruction and new boundary wall and gate to rear.
Old Mill Cottage 9 Long Buildings Sawley Road Sawley BB7 4LE
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0237
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed demolition of existing garage and erection of single-storey extension to side.
30 Preston Road Longridge PR3 3AY
Received 22 Mar 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0238
Applications for full consent Proposed two-storey extension to side of double garage, to consist of single garage at ground floor with rooms above and extension of driveway.
6 Loach Field Close Hurst Green BB7 9ZF
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0239
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of new single storey three-bedroom dwelling in garden, with new access and associated alterations to original dwelling.
Moorcot 24 Nickey Lane Mellor BB2 7HF
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0240
Application for tree works Prune sycamore tree.
165 Kingfisher Close Shireburn Caravan Park Edisford Road Waddington BB7 3LB
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0241
Removal of Condition Erection of a timber deck and tepee for use in association with the restaurant (Use Class E) (pursuant to removal of condition 1 (temporary consent for one year) to allow the decking and tepee to become permanent.)
Yu Longsight Road Copster Green BB1 9EU
Received 25 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0242
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (glazing specification, treatment of internal stone wall and methodology for removal of stonework) of planning permission 3/2022/1162.
Riverside Cottage Sawley Bridge Lane Sawley BB7 4NH
Received 25 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0243
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to front and side and new front porch.
32 Hacking Drive Longridge PR3 3FP
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2005/0864
Applications for full consent Open-fronted storage shed. Wooden framed, wood cladding, tin roof (green).
Coniston 8 Higher Ramsgreave Road Blackburn Lancashire
Received 7 Oct 2005 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0223
Applications for full consent SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR
THE OLD STABLES, NEWTON-IN-BOWLAND, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 11 Mar 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0244
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear.
19 Whiteacre Lane Barrow BB7 9BJ
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0245
Variation of Condition Proposed alterations and extensions to existing B&B premises to create an 8 bed boutique hotel with on-site parking and improved landscaping (pursuant to variation of condition 21 (extent of demolition and rebuilding allowed) of planning permission 3/2022/0637.)
Keepers Cottage Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BD
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0246
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of existing kitchen supply and extraction ventilation system and alterations to external door/window openings at rear. Formation of external 'take-away' food service counter to front elevation and use of former store room as a servery.
Ribchester Arms Blackburn Road Ribchester PR3 3ZP
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0247
Agricultural determination Prior notification of construction of polytunnel (10.7m long, 7.3m wide and 3.3m high to ridge) for new tree nursery on existing farm for growing and supplying trees for woodland planting schemes.
Ghylls House Knotts Lane Tosside BD23 4SJ
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0248
Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0660 involving omission of two garage windows on the NW elevation, design modification to two approved dormer windows on garage, omission of the inset roof balcony on the SE slope of the house and addition of two sets of velux cabrio-roof windows, omission of the glazed corner wall on the SE and SW elevations serving the granny annexe, leaving glazed openings just on the SE elevation serving the granny annexe.
Hawthorn Bungalow Rimington Lane Rimington BB7 4DP
Received 2 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0249
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing dwelling and associated buildings, erection of a replacement two-storey house and detached double garage and associated landscaping, and new residential curtilage formation.
Fencegate Farm Ribchester Road Langho BB6 8AL
Received 26 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0250
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (window frame details) and 5 (rooflight details) of planning permission 3/2023/0970.
The Laithe Stocks Lane Middop Gisburn BB7 4JR
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0251
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 8 (scheme for containment and storage of manure) and 9 (surface water drainage strategy) of planning permission 3/2023/0877.
Land adjacent to Bonny Barn Pasture Belle Vue Lane Waddington
Received 27 Mar 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0252
Applications for full consent Regularisation of use of agricultural building as a dwellinghouse.
Land at Pendleton Road Wiswell BB7 9BZ
Received 27 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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