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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0274
Advertisements Advertisement consent for regularisation of application of logo and letters on the gable end of the building, two hoardings attached to the railings around the outside seating area, one hoarding attached to the wire fence and three hoardings inside the shelters.
Langho Sports and Social Club Dewhurst Road Langho BB6 8AF
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0275
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and extension/alteration to existing detached garage to form incidental accommodation to existing dwelling, including hobby room, gym, office and patio areas.
Summerfield Green Lane Horton-in-Craven Skipton Yorkshire BD23 3JT
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0276
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness to establish that works carried out to create an access road constitute a start on Planning permission 3/2021/0268
Land south west of Ribblesdale Hall Sawley Road Chatburn BB7 4LD
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0277
Applications for full consent Proposed porch to north-western side elevation, two-storey extension with front dormer to south-eastern side elevation and single storey extension and flat roof dormer to rear.
4 Springs Road Longridge PR3 3TE
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0278
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing mixed use building and garages and erection of one replacement mixed use building for domestic garaging, equine storage and agricultural machinery.
New Barn Farm Alston Lane Longridge PR3 3BN
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0279
Application for tree works Proposed tree works including felling two birch trees, fell eight ash trees plus all ash trees in group G5, coppice two goat willows plus all goat willows in group G8, clear basal growth and crown lift two lime trees in G2, remove dead wood and prune and crown lift all trees overhanging the field or footpath.
Land adj Accrington Road Whalley
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0280
Applications for full consent Proposed front dormer extension
23 Garnett Road Clitheroe BB7 2PA
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0281
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear.
15 Waddow Grove Waddington BB7 3JL
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0282
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for proposed removal and replacement of stone slates from front and back main roofslopes and existing single-storey rear extension. Addition of two new rooflights to rear extension.
14 Church Lane Whalley BB7 9SY
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0283
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of first floor office suite to a two bed apartment for use as holiday or short term let. Resubmission of 3/2023/0895.
The Conference Centre Gleneagles Drive Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8AY
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0227
Applications for full consent REPLACEMENT GARAGE
OAK HOUSE, EASTHAM STREET, CLITHEROE, BB7 2HY
Received 11 Mar 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0284
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of storage building and replacement with a detached three-car garage with workshop and store including solar panels on south roof slope.
Lower Monubent Farm Cottage Hellifield Road Bolton By Bowland BB7 4LY
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0285
Advertisements Advertisement consent for new illuminated shop front fascia sign, window decal and one new illuminated projecting/hanging sign to front elevation.
39 King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0286
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion and extension of existing bungalow into two two-storey, semi-detached dwellings, and construction of one new detached, two-storey dwelling.
8 Walmsley Brow Billington BB7 9TT
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0287
Agricultural determination Prior notification for a new road 90m long, 4m wide.
Daniels Farm Preston Road Alston Preston PR3 3BL
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0288
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing garage and utility room, erection of single-storey extension to rear and attached double garage to side, creation of new access/ driveway with new gates and provision of new railing to boundary wall along Haugh Avenue frontage.
Stoneroyd Haugh Avenue Simonstone BB12 7HZ
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0289
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of ground floor commercial component of property (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3) and reinstatement of river cobbles to frontage of property.
Former Post Office 83 The Square Waddington BB7 3HZ
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0290
Discharge of Conditions Part approval of details reserved by Conditions 9 (surface water sustainable drainage scheme) of planning permission 3/2019/1104 in relation to plots 1-39 only.
Land off Hawthorne Farm Hawthorne Place Clitheroe BB7 2HU
Received 11 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0291
Applications for full consent Planning permission for two storey extension to rear.
38 Higher Road Longridge PR3 3SX
Received 12 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0292
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell ash tree.
Bolton by Bowland Tea Rooms and Shop 2 Main Street Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NW
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0293
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (construction traffic management plan), 6 (landscaping and maintenance scheme), 8 (Sustainable Drainage Scheme) 9 (drainage maintenance and management plan) and 11 (proposed landscaping) of planning permission 3/2023/0509.
Bowland Wild Boar Park Wardsley Road Chipping PR3 2QT
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0019
Alter or Extend a Listed Building REMOVE NIGHTBOX AND RELOCATE TO EXISTING ATM POSITION. REMOVE ATM, UPGRADE AND RELOCATE TO EXISTING NIGHTBOX LOCATION AND INSTALL ILLUMINATED LIGHTBOX AND TOP PANEL ABOVE NEW ATM (LBC)
41 CASTLE STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 12 Jan 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0294
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of air source heat pump to rear.
12 Garstang Road Chipping PR3 2QH
Received 15 Apr 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0295
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of ten holiday lodges.
The Outbarn Clough Bottom Rabbit Lane Bashall Eaves BB7 3JH
Received 15 Apr 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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