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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2025/0176
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of a single-storey extension to rear with a double-pitched roof with velux windows, rear-facing glazed doors and windows to west side only.
33 Somerset Avenue Wilpshire BB1 9JD
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0177
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for the proposed conversion of Green Barn to create 1no dwelling with associated parking and amenity space. Conversion of Outbuilding 02 to form 2no storage / workshop spaces to serve the proposed barn conversion and Eaves House Farm. Partial Conversion of Outbuilding 01 to form new home office in relation to the existing listed farmhouse.
Eaves House Farm Waddington Road West Bradford BB7 3JF
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0178
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory to rear. Construction of first floor extension to recessed front elevation.
10 Southfield Drive West Bradford BB7 4TU
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0179
Applications for full consent Retrospective application: use of mezzanine floor as cafe/bar.
Unit 7 Abbey Works King Street Whalley BB7 9SP
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0180
Applications for full consent Proposed creation of an alternative temporary park and ride and heavy goods vehicle marshalling area facility associated with the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP).
Land to the west of A671 Pimlico Link Road
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0181
Applications for full consent Proposed addition of a timber boundary fence on top of the existing white rendered dwarf wall to an overall height not exceeding 1.8m high to the Sunnyside Avenue and Fort Avenue boundaries of the site.
Blue Slates Sunnyside Avenue Ribchester PR3 3ZE
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0182
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 - part (fascias, soffits and rainwater goods), 4 (lighting) and 6 (electric vehicle chargers) 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 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0183
Applications for full consent Proposed second storey extension with solar panels to bungalow, front porch, single storey rear extension, detached garage to front of property, detached summer house to rear garden.
Avondale Sawley Road Grindleton BB7 4QS
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0184
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for the replacement of existing rooflights with new conservation style rooflights and to regularise past alterations including formation of first floor window opening in the north eastern (side) wall and part replacement of external window and door frames.
Whitefold House Barn Birks Brow Longridge PR3 2TD
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0185
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement roof and extension to rear.
144 Ribchester Road Clayton-Le-Dale BB1 9EE
Received 29 Jul 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0094
Outline ERECTION OF A FARM WORKERS DWELLING
LAND AT SHUTTLEWORTH HALL, BURNLEY ROAD, GISBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 6 Feb 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0186
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey extension to rear.
The Oaks Old Nab Road Langho BB6 8DY
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0187
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single-storey extension to rear.
10 Ribblesdale View Chatburn BB7 4BB
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0188
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (drainage strategy) of planning permission 3/2023/0946 (granted on appeal) for retention of re-positioned access gate and stone track off Slaidburn Road.
Moorcock House Slaidburn Road Waddington BB7 3AA
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0189
Applications for full consent Demolition of existing 4 bedroom dwelling and construction of replacement 6 bedroom dwelling with integral garage.
Moorcock House Slaidburn Road Waddington BB7 3AA
Received 6 Mar 2025 - APPEAL LODGED3/2025/0190
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing single storey porch/ bedroom/ utility, car port, conservatory and detached garage. Construction of two-storey side extension, single storey rear extension and new front porch. Replacement windows and doors, alterations and resurfacing of driveway and installation of solar panels and render finish to SE side elevation.
10 Barker Lane Mellor BB2 7ED
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0191
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement porch to front.
6 Knunck Knowles Drive Clitheroe BB7 2JF
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0192
Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to planning permission 3/2024/0115 to make a series of amendments to the layout and appearance of the approved dwellings.
Land Adjacent to Ferns Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BG
Received 11 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0193
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 12 (landscaping) of planning permission 3/2024/0115.
Land adjacent to Ferns Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BG
Received 11 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0194
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of garage to form additional living space. Addition of window to side elevation. The front elevation will be unchanged.
27 Poplar Way Barrow BB7 9ZN
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0195
Applications for full consent Proposed first floor extension over existing garage to front.
14 The Drive Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8BJ
Received 7 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0095
Applications for full consent SWIMMING POOL
CARDWELL HOUSE, FORTY ACRE LANE, THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY, NR PRESTON
Received 9 Feb 2004 - APPEAL LODGED3/2025/0196
Outline Outline planning application for up to 300 residential dwellings, associated access, rail station car park, green infrastructure and sustainable drainage systems (all matters reserved except for access).
Land off Longsight Road Langho bounded by the railway Northcote Park and Wildmans Farm,
Received 10 Mar 2025 - Withdrawn3/2025/0197
Applications for full consent Change of use of restaurant (use class E) to offices on the ground floor, and three one-bedroom apartments (use class C3) on the first floor, including external alterations to the building.
Ethos House York Street Clitheroe BB7 2DL
Received 7 Mar 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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