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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2025/0952
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion.
Annexe 47 Elevedene Lower Lane Longridge PR3 3SQ
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0953
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of holiday let as a residential dwelling (use class C3).
70 Green Bank Park Higher Road Longridge PR3 2YU
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0954
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of garage, storage building and porch and erection of new single-storey extension to side and rear.
4 Valley View Sawley Road Grindleton BB7 4RP
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/1043
Applications for full consent SINGLE STOREY SUN LOUNGE TO FRONT.FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION OVER EXISTING FLAT-ROOF EXTENSION
THE NOOK, MAIN STREET, GISBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 21 Nov 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0955
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (biodiversity gain plan) and 5 (landscape/habitat management and monitoring plan) from planning permission 3/2025/0606.
Eatoughs Farm Fleet Street Lane Ribchester PR3 3XE
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0956
Applications for full consent Proposed installation of a stand-alone Changing Places Pod adjacent to existing toilets.
Gisburn Forest Hub Car Park Stephen Park Hole House Lane Slaidburn BB7 4TS
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0957
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Walling and roofing materials), 4 (Roof Lights), 5 (Windows and Doors), 6 (Stone Flags) and 7 (Methodology statement) on Listed Building Consent 3/2025/0441.
3 Church Street Clitheroe BB7 2DD
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0958
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement of existing timber mock sliding-sash windows with aluminium casement windows.
Broad Ings Anna Lane Bolton by Bowland BB7 4NZ
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0959
Applications for full consent Proposed two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and widening of the existing driveway.
11 Clitheroe Road Sabden BB7 9HD
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0960
Variation of Condition Variation of conditions 1 (approved plans) and 2 (external facing materials) from planning permission 3/2023/0118 to allow regularisation of as-built amendments to approved plans.
8 Hammond Drive Read BB12 7RE
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0961
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed solar panels on the east facing roof slope of the memorial hall. Installation of one electric vehicle charging station to create two EV charging bays.
Hurst Green Memorial Hall Avenue Road Hurst Green BB7 9QB
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0962
Applications for full consent Proposed alterations and extensions including single-storey extensions to west and south east.
Braddyll House Franklin Hill Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HY
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0963
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed replacement side external door and new extract fan to rear.
Well House Wigglesworth Road Slaidburn BD23 4SY
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0964
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development to establish lawful commencement of planning permission 3/2023/0263 for the construction of 15 eco lodges and infrastructure to provide additional accommodation for Eaves Hall.
Eaves Hall Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford BB7 3JG
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0832
Applications for full consent DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDING AND ERECTION OF SINGLE DWELLING HOUSE
THE TANNER'S ARMS, RIBCHESTER ROAD, DINCKLEY, BLACKBURN
Received 19 Sept 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0965
Applications for full consent Proposed extension of agricultural building to form machinery storage and regularisation of existing hard standing (part retrospective).
Land off Longridge Road Hurst Green BB7 9QP
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0966
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (Programme of work) and 5 (Owl/Bird/Bat Details) on planning permission 3/2025/0654.
Crane Wood Farm Whitewell Road Cow Ark Whitewell BB7 3DG
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0967
Applications for full consent Proposed double garage, removal of garage doors and building up in stone, insertion of windows, sliding doors, roof lights and replacement windows and doors.
Coulthurst Farm Old Vicarage Lane Talbot Bridge Bashall Eaves BB7 3DB
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Withdrawn3/2025/0968
Removal of Condition Removal of condition 6 (Building to be used for private recreational purposes only) and 10 (The animal shelter to be used for agricultural purposes only) on planning permission 3/2023/0642.
Former Ashcroft Mill Lane Waddington BB7 3JJ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0969
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (noise assessment) of planning permission 3/2024/1002.
Unit 2 2Shed BAE Systems Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0970
Applications for full consent Retrospective planning application to continue use of single storey restaurant building, outdoor seating area, play area and vehicle parking area.
Eight at Gazegill Gazegill Organics Dancer Lane Rimington BB7 4EE
Received 10 Dec 2025 - APPEAL LODGED3/2025/0971
Discharge of Conditions
Highcroft Painter Wood Whalley Old Road Billington BB7 9JD
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0972
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Materials), 4 (Window and Door Specification), 5 (Rooflights), 6 (Sections), 7 (Building Record) on Listed Building Consent 3/2025/0508.
Lower Reaps Farm Whinney Lane Mellor BB2 7EL
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided - Final Decision3/2025/0973
Applications for full consent Single Storey extension to the rear.
18 Parr Way Longridge PR3 3DR
Received 10 Dec 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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