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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2024/0340
Advertisements Advertisement consent for removal of letters and stencil at first floor level on King Street elevation and replacement with new; removal of sign over front door on Market Place and replacement with new; repaint existing projecting sign and bracket and apply new design.
The Victoria 1 Market Place Clitheroe BB7 2BZ
Received 1 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0341
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for removal of letters and stencil at first floor level on King Street elevation and replacement with new; removal of sign over front door on Market Place and replacement with new; repaint existing projecting sign and bracket and apply new design.
The Victoria 1 Market Place Clitheroe BB7 2BZ
Received 1 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0342
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for proposed new bar, secondary glazing fitted on two windows and new internal wall opening.
41 Castle Street Clitheroe BB7 2BT
Received 2 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0343
Applications for full consent Change of use to restaurant (Use Class E(b) and drinking establishment (Sui Generis). insert external extraction vent and external refrigeration unit.
41 Castle Street Clitheroe BB7 2BT
Received 2 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2005/0865
Applications for full consent Extension to rear of stables creating barn area.
Coniston 8 Higher Ramsgreave Road Blackburn Lancashire
Received 7 Oct 2005 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0088
Applications for full consent SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION OFF REAR ELEVATION OF DWELLING AND ENLARGING OF EXISTING UTILITY ROOM
9 TWEEDYS COURT, CHURCH RAIKE, CHIPPING, PR3 2QL
Received 31 Jan 2005 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0344
Advertisements Advertisement Consent for two new illuminated signs - one on the Castle Street elevation and one on the King Street elevation and one circular hanging sign to Castle Street elevation.
41 Castle Street Clitheroe BB7 2BT
Received 2 May 2024 - Withdrawn3/2024/0345
Applications for full consent Proposed regularisation of change of use from a first floor apartment (use class C3) into a private hire base (sui generis).
35 Whalley Road Clitheroe BB7 1EE
Received 1 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0346
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of integral garage to habitable rooms and insertion of new door and windows.
3 Peel Park Avenue Clitheroe BB7 1EU
Received 2 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0347
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed detached garden room.
18 Whalley Road Hurst Green BB7 9QJ
Received 3 May 2024 - APPEAL LODGED3/2024/0348
Applications for full consent Proposed detached self-build dwelling to the rear of the existing dwelling, including formation of a new access road and alterations to existing access and parking.
The Pippins 248 Preston Road Longridge PR3 3BD
Received 7 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0349
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear and alterations.
The Gatehouse 23 The Grange Wilpshire BB1 9JU
Received 7 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0350
Agricultural determination Prior notification for construction of new livestock and feed storage building 32m long, 13.84m wide, 7.71m high to ridge, 4.77m high to eaves.
Land off Hothersall Lane Hothersall PR3 2XB
Received 9 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0351
Non-Material amendment Non material amendment to planning permission 3/2023/0438 involving alterations to doors and windows.
15 Nethertown Close Whalley BB7 9SF
Received 9 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0352
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of roof covering, construction of new gable wall and replacement of existing cladding.
Ribble Valley Shelving Unit 1 Shay Lane Industrial Estate Shay Lane Longridge PR3 3BT
Received 7 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0353
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development to establish commencement of planning permission 3/2023/0584 and 3/2023/0584 for the demolition of 74 Higher Road and construction of up to 123 houses on land to the rear.
74 Higher Road Longridge PR3 3SY and land to the rear.
Received 8 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0089
Advertisements TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SIGNBOARD (DOUBLE SIDED)
ADJACENT A471, PRESTON NEW ROAD, MELLOR, BLACKBURN BB2 7NT
Received 10 Feb 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0354
Agricultural determination Prior notification for concrete agricultural track 80m long and 4m wide.
Hall Barns Farm Knowles Brow Hurst Green BB7 9PT
Received 10 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0355
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of pagoda and construction of flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear (south east elevation). Addition of solar panels to west roof slope of existing dwelling.
Spring Barn Old Nab Road Langho BB6 8DY
Received 8 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0356
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (parking plan), 6 (cycle storage plan) and 17 (landscaping) of planning permission 3/2023/0084.
Calder Vale Park Simonstone Lane Simonstone BB12 7ND
Received 8 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0357
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed building consent for replacement of existing doorway to 7 Hellifield Road with a two-light, single-glazed, timber-framed, small-paned window to match the window opening directly above. To include new stone window surround and infilling of stonework below, to be coursed in to the existing stonework to either side.
Fernside 5 and 7 Hellifield Road Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NS
Received 9 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0358
Applications for full consent Proposed two-storey and single storey extension to rear and single-storey porch to front. Two new first floor windows in side gable elevation.
34 Jeffrey Avenue Longridge PR3 3TH
Received 10 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0359
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use from children's nursery (use class E) to public house (sui generis).
Methodist Church Whalley Road Langho BB6 8EQ
Received 10 May 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2024/0360
Agricultural determination Prior notification for proposed concreting of existing hardcore agricultural track and new agricultural track (total length 50 metres).
Birks Farm Birks Brow Longridge PR3 2TX
Received 13 May 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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