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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2025/0040
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear, single-storey extension to side and porch to front.
Mottram Higher Commons Lane Balderstone BB2 7LR
Received 16 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0041
Applications for full consent Proposed regularisation of change of use of land and construction of three stable buildings.
Acrelands Sawley Road Grindleton BB7 4QS
Received 16 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0042
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell G1 (Hawthorn, Elder and Holly) and replace with new hedgerow. Fell T1 Holly.
The Old Village School Main Street Pendleton BB7 1PT
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0043
Applications for full consent Proposed removal of existing roof and replacement with raised roof containing 7 roof lights plus windows in both gables to accommodate two additional bedrooms in roofspace.
2 Anderson Road Wilpshire BB1 9LZ
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0044
Variation of Condition Variation of condition 2 (amendment of approved plans) on planning permission 3/2024/0243 for proposed single-storey extension to front and side and new front porch.
32 Hacking Drive Longridge PR3 3FP
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1037
Applications for full consent FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION ABOVE UTILITY ROOM AND W.C. TO FORM NEW BEDROOM AND NEW BEDROOM/STUDY.CONVERSION OF EXISTING STUDY TO NEW EN-SUITE
THE COPPY, 57 MITTON ROAD, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE BB7 9RY
Received 24 Nov 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0045
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of lean-to side and rear extensions to be replaced with lean-to side extension and rear lean-to canopy including alteration to vehicular access and parking. Replacement of existing windows.
Little Daub Hall Parsonage Lane Chipping PR3 2GJ
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0046
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and replacement with single-storey side garden room. Erection of Flag Pole.
Cut Thorn Farm Shire Lane Hurst Green BB7 9QR
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0047
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey side extension and relocation of external oil tank and associated alterations.
Ghylls Farm Cottage Knotts Lane Bolton By Bowland BD23 4SJ
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0048
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed internal alterations to convert redundant first floor staff accommodation into two additional care units, increasing the number of residents to 12.
Castle View House 38 Castle View Clitheroe BB7 2DT
Received 17 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0049
Applications for full consent Erection of two storey rear and side extension with single storey rear (west) extension including balconies to side and rear; single storey extensions to the front elevation (east) and porch.
Megitta House Kenyon Lane Langho BB6 8AN
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0050
Applications for full consent Proposed reconstruction of two-storey, three bedroom house.
27 Wheatley Drive Longridge PR3 3TT
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0051
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of stables within garden area.
Deerhurst Knowles Brow Hurst Green BB7 9QX
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0052
Applications for full consent Proposed first floor extension above existing lean-to extension featuring overhang and integral balcony.
Holly House 8 Station Road Rimington BB7 4DR
Received 21 Jan 2025 - APPEAL LODGED3/2025/0053
Variation of Condition Variation of condition 11 (holiday let restriction) of planning permission 3/2022/0030 (Substitution of cottage type for unit one of the holiday cottages approved under 3/2020/1025 to increase the maximum letting time to one person/group of persons from 28 days to 90 days in any calendar year.
4 Dewhurst Row Longsight Road Langho BB6 8AD
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0054
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of lawfulness for proposed change of use of residential care home (use class C2) to a children's home (use class C2).
Alston Lodge Lower Lane Longridge PR3 2YH
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1038
Applications for full consent ERECTION OF CONSERVATORY
8 MILLTHORNE AVENUE, CLITHEROE, BB7 2LE
Received 24 Nov 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0055
PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF AGRIC BLDG TO DWELLINGHOUSE Prior approval under Class Q (a) and (b) for the proposed change of use of one agricultural building to one two-storey, four-bedroom dwelling.
Holkers Farm Whins Lane Read BB12 7RB
Received 27 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0056
Applications for full consent Proposed enclosure of open veranda with windows and doors to form a porch and fenestration alterations to first floor rear extension.
Ivy Cottage Parsonage Road Wilpshire BB1 4AG
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0057
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for installation of underfloor heating at ground floor.
Waddington Hall Clitheroe Road Waddington BB7 3HP
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0058
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement garage/outbuilding following demolition of existing.
Fishes and Peggy Hill House Henthorn Road Clitheroe BB7 3BY
Received 21 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0059
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (phasing) and 6 (construction management plan) of planning permission 3/2021/0731.
St James C of E Primary School Greenacre Street Clitheroe BB7 1ED
Received 22 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0060
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (window and door detail), 5 (rooflights), 9 (external lights), 10 (boundary treatment), 14 (Cycle store), and 17 (landscaping) of planning permission 3/2024/0528.
Eaves Hall Farm Moor Lane West Bradford BB7 3JG
Received 22 Jan 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0061
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use of holiday accommodation and rear extension to form children's care home and change of use of dwelling and external alterations to form children's care home for up to 5 children together with access works to form car park.
Clerk Laithe Slaidburn Road Newton BB7 3DY
Received 22 Jan 2025
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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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