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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2025/0244
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing garage and construction of single-storey outbuilding to rear containing office, gym and garden store.
3 Windermere Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2PP
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0245
Applications for full consent Proposed new front porch and rebuilding of existing bay window. Alterations to include amendments to external materials, alterations to fenestration and replacement of windows.
56 Chaigley Road Longridge PR3 3TQ
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0246
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey garage and extension of existing boundary walling.
Ribblesdale House Ribblesdale Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2HZ
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0165
Advertisements PROJECTING SIGN. RE-SUBMISSION
READ GARDEN CENTRE, A680 ACCRINGTON TO WHALLEY ROAD, READ
Received 27 Feb 2004 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0247
Agricultural determination Proposed agricultural building for livestock (calf rearing) 32m long, 15.24m wide, 6m high to ridge, 4.5m high to eaves.
Carr Side Farm Rock Brow Chipping PR3 2TS
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0248
Agricultural determination Prior notification for proposed agricultural livestock building (calf rearing).
Higher Highfield Farm Tinklers Lane Slaidburn BB7 4TP
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0249
Demolition Notification Prior notification for demolition of agricultural livestock building.
Higher Highfield Farm Tinklers Lane Slaidburn BB7 4TP
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0250
Agricultural determination Prior notification for proposed agricultural storage building 23m long, 19.34m wide, 7.55m high to ridge, 4.84m high to eaves.
Land adj to Little Bowland Road Chipping PR3 2HB
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0251
Applications for full consent Proposed extension and conversion of single-storey garage to annex.
Lindeth House 36 Clitheroe Road Whalley BB7 9AB
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Withdrawn3/2025/0252
Variation of Condition Variation of condition 5 (restriction of extension to ancillary use to main dwelling) on planning permission 3/2021/0756 for erection of garage with ancillary residential accommodation above to front of house to allow the annex to be sub let as a separate dwelling.
Chapels 16 The Drive Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8BJ
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0253
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing garden room extension.
1 Hillside View Clitheroe BB7 1GT
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0254
Applications for full consent Proposed single storey extension to rear.
Silver Grove Chapel Brow Longridge PR3
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Withdrawn3/2025/0255
Applications for full consent Regularisation of relocation of fence.
21 Greenfield Avenue Clitheroe BB7 2LY
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0256
Applications for full consent Proposed addition of solar panels to agricultural barn.
Radholme Laund Farm Hall Hill Whitewell BB7 3DF
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2004/0166
Applications for full consent PROPOSED REPLACEMENT ENTRANCE PORCH AND EXTENSION TO DINING ROOM. RE-SUBMISSION
9 BUCK STREET, GRINDLETON, CLITHEROE
Received 27 Feb 2004 - Withdrawn3/2025/0257
Applications for full consent Proposed enclosing of existing overhead canopy to make a porch and building a pitched roof over the existing flat roof.
15 Dawson Avenue Simonstone BB12 7JF
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0258
Applications for full consent Proposed removal of existing roof and replacement with a raised roof with rooflights and windows in both gables to accommodate the conversion of the loft. Removal of the existing conservatory roof and replacement with a raised lean-to roof. Associated internal and external alterations including incorporation of cladding to external elevations.
18 Fairfield Drive and Annexe Clitheroe BB7 2PE
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0259
Applications for full consent Retention of land in association with holiday lodges and wellbeing centre.
Everything Retreat Pendle View and Pendle View Lodges Primrose Lane Mellor BB2 7EQ
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0260
Applications for full consent Proposed single storey extension to provide additional function room.
Northcote Hotel Northcote Road Langho BB6 8BE
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0261
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 7 (boundary treatments) of planning permission 3/2022/1185.
Moor Laithe Farm Blind Lane Gisburn BB7 4EU
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0262
Applications for full consent Proposed five new dwellings on site of former Pack Horse Garage.
Pack Horse Garage Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7PL
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Withdrawn3/2025/0263
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey rear and side extension.
The Lodge House Edenholme Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9EY
Received 27 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0264
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawful development for proposed single-storey extension to side.
2 Lawson Place Barrow BB7 9GA
Received 28 Mar 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0265
Applications for full consent Proposed single-storey rear and side extension.
Police House Garstang Road Chipping PR3 2QH
Received 28 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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