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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2026/0036
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Certificate of Lawfulness for existing caravan storage and fixed storage shed.
Abbott Delph, Abbott Brow, Mellor, BB2 7HU
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0037
Applications for full consent Planning Permission for removal of existing slates over the east wing. Replacement with sandstone tile roof covering to match those approved for the main house.
Lovely Hall Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green BB1 9EQ
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0038
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for removal of existing slates over the east wing. Replacement with sandstone tile roof covering to match those approved for the main house.
Lovely Hall Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green BB1 9EQ
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2002/1000
Applications for full consent PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO RESIDENTIAL STORE TO FORM GRANNY ANNEXE
DETACHED RESIDENTIAL STORE, NETHER CARR, HARROP FOLD, BOLTON-BY-BOWLA ND, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Nov 2002 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0039
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension.
36 Willows Park Lane Longridge PR3 3HJ
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0040
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for replacement of front door, retrospective removal of oil- based paint from stone dressings and retrospective ad hoc lime pointing. Retrospective replacement of render on south-west gable and reinstatement of two blocked windows in south-west elevation of rear wing.
Duke of York Inn Grindleton Brow Grindleton BB7 4QR
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0041
Application for tree works in a conservation area Crown reduce elm tree by approx. 30% to avoid telephone wire.
Holly Bank 8 Crow Trees Brow Chatburn BB7 4AA
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0042
Outline Outline application for the proposed erection of two dwelling houses with access applied for.
Land adjacent to Fernhill Ribchester Road Clayton Le Dale BB1 9EG
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0043
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing rear lean-to extension and construction of rear single-storey flat-roof extension.
7 Springdale Road Langho BB6 8ER
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn3/2026/0044
Application for tree works in a conservation area Norway Maple (T8) to be felled and Beech (T1) to be felled.
Fair View Pendleton Road Wiswell BB7 9BU
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0045
Applications for full consent Proposed alterations to front boundary retaining wall including repointing, increase in height, new copings, steel railings along the top of wall and removal of existing hedge.
70 Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7EX
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0046
Applications for full consent Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and construction of single-storey rear extension.
Gleneagles Clitheroe Road Whalley BB7 9AQ
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0047
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed new detached garage with gym and office to the rear of the existing bungalow.
Pinfold Farm Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3YD
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0048
Applications for full consent Proposed replacement stables.
The Barn Old Langho Road Langho BB6 8AW
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2002/1001
Applications for full consent PROPOSED EXTENSION TO REAR OF FORMER POST OFFICE INCLUDING INTERNAL ALTERATIONS
THE OLD POST OFFICE, NEWTON-IN-BOWLAND, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Nov 2002 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0049
Applications for full consent Demolition of existing side car port with erection of single-storey rear extension and two-storey side extension with integral garage.
11 St Peters Close Clayton le Dale BB1 9HH
Received 22 Jan 2026 - APPEAL LODGED3/2026/0050
Application in principle Permission in principle for erection of up to two dwellings.
Land adj Preston Road Ribchester PR3 3XL
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0051
Applications for full consent Proposed part demolition of existing conservatory to provide a single-storey rear extension.
3 Lyndale Close Wilpshire BB1 9LX
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0052
Application in principle Application in principle for residential development of up to 9 dwellings.
Land at Woone Lane Clitheroe BB7 1BJ
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0053
Applications for full consent Proposed re-roofing and extension to farm building.
Cow Ark Farm Clitheroe Road Whitwell BB7 3DF
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0054
Alter or Extend a Listed Building Listed Building Consent for the installation of additional roof trusses within barn building adjoining farmhouse, re-build of gable wall on farmhouse in natural stone, widening of previously approved connection tunnel to lower ground floor of farmhouse and repointing of rear elevation of farmhouse.
Bridge End Farm Wood House Lane Slaidburn BB7 3AH
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0055
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (window schedule) on Listed Building Consent 3/2024/0543.
1-3 Windy Street Chipping PR3 2GD
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn3/2026/0056
Applications for full consent Proposed conversion of existing single-storey pool house and orangery into a one-bedroom annex.
86 Whalley Road Wilpshire BB1 9LJ
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0057
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell trees TO23, TO24, TO47, TO48, GO73, GO83, TO59, and TO60. Crown lift trees GO49 (3m), TO29 (5.2m), GO64 + GO62 (3m), GO63 (5.2m), GO72 (5.2m). Target pruning/select limb removal of TO22, TO25, TO26 + TO49. Remove dead tree TO28 and dead stem on TO46. Sever ivy at base of TO50.
Slaidburn Estate Rock House Town End Slaidburn BB7 3EP
Received 26 Jan 2026
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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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