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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2026/0058
Applications for full consent Regularisation of change of use of summer house to business use (sui generis) and installation of pedestrian access gate on Whalley Road.
8 Bank Cottages Billington BB7 9NL
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0003
Applications for full consent CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO STUDY AND UTILITY
THE OLD BREW HOUSE, GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON BY BOWLAND, CLITHEROE BB7 4NP
Received 2 Jan 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0059
Application for tree works in a conservation area Fell Norway Maple (T8) and Beech (T1).
Fairview Pendleton Road Wiswell Clitheroe BB7 9BU
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0060
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (materials) and 4 (details of photovoltaic panels) of planning permission 3/2023/0186.
Marylebone Farm Bowland Gate Lane West Bradford BB7 4TL
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0061
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as Industrial/Commercial Landscaping Construction Business and associated activities (mixed Use Classes E(g), B2 and B8) including, a) the parking and unloading of plant and machinery and commercial vehicles, b) the storage of materials associated with landscape contracting, c) The storage and maintenance of vehicles, tools, equipment, and ancillary items, d) The administrative functions of the Business, and e) The siting of containers and other buildings/covered areas for general storage purposes. and engineering operations to form concrete and tarmac hardstanding areas across the site and an earth bund.
Lane Ends Farm Hothersall Lane Hothersall PR3 2XB
Received 26 Jan 2026 - APPEAL LODGED3/2026/0062
Applications for full consent Regularisation of change of use from Class B2/B8 (general industrial) to Class E(d) (indoor sport, recreation or fitness) and Class E (e) (medical or health services), provision of mezzanine floor and extension of opening hours to 6.30am to 9.00 pm Monday to Friday, 7.00 am to 2.00 pm on Saturdays and 7.00 am to 1.00 pm on Sundays
Unit 45 Mitton Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9YE
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0063
Non-Material amendment Non material amendment to application 3/2025/0231 involving the movement of a proposed rear door and window.
3 Church Street Clitheroe BB7 2DD
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0064
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 4 (Biodiversity Gain Plan), 5 (Landscape/Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) and 9 (Bird and Bat Boxes) on planning permission 3/2025/0761.
Eastham House Barn Clitheroe Road Mitton BB7 9PH
Received 27 Jan 2026 - APPEAL LODGED3/2026/0065
Applications for full consent Change of use of existing holiday let accommodation to a local needs occupancy residential dwelling. Regularisation of construction of a domestic kitchen.
Holiday let adjacent to Clough Farm Catlow Road Slaidburn BB7 3AQ
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0066
Applications for full consent Retention of additional 8 CCTV columns (5 x 6m, 3 x 4m) on concrete pads and wire fencing including gates 3m high.
BAE Systems Operations Ltd Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0067
Applications for full consent Proposed side dormer.
33 Carleton Avenue Simonstone BB12 7JA
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0068
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 4 (materials) on planning permission 3/2024/0784.
1-3 Windy Street Chipping PR3 2GD
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0004
Applications for full consent ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PROPOSALS (3/01/0121) TO INCLUDE EXTENSION TO STOCK ROOM, NEW REAR DOOR AND INTERNAL LAYOUT
32-33 CHURCH STREET, RIBCHESTER, PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0069
Applications for full consent Proposed alterations including two-storey extension to side.
29 Pendleton Road Wiswell BB7 9DD
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0070
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (roof materials), 6 (roof vent), 7 (archaeological record) and 8 (mitigation measures for bats) of planning permission 3/2024/0768.
Lovely Hall Lovely Hall Lane Copster Green BB1 9EQ
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0071
Applications for full consent Proposed erection of new dormer bungalow to replace existing.
Markhor Eaves Hall Lane West Bradford BB7 3JG
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0072
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (Construction Management Plan) on planning permission 3/2025/0607.
Glendene Barker Lane Mellor BB2 7EE
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0073
Applications for full consent Conversion of a redundant barn to an affordable local needs occupancy residential dwelling. Installation of a package treatment unit.
Poor Parts Barn Hellifield Road Bolton-By-Bowland BB7 4LU
Received 29 Jan 2026 - APPEAL LODGED3/2026/0074
Application in principle Permission in principle for development of up to 9 no. bungalows for the over 55 age group.
Land to the south of Elker Meadows Elker Lane Billington BB7 9YB
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0075
Application for tree works in a conservation area T1 (Magnolia) and T2 (Crabapple) to be felled.
Burnside 7 Brookes Lane Whalley BB7 9RG
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0076
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Materials) on planning permission 3/2016/0881
High Brake House 129 Chatburn Road Clitheroe BB7 2BD
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn3/2026/0077
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed childcare service.
The Old Stables Back Woone Lane Clitheroe BB7 1DT
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0078
Outline Outline application for up to 85 no. residential units with access applied for off A59 Longsight Road (all other matters reserved).
Land South of Causeway Farm Balderstone BB2 7HZ
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0005
Applications for full consent ERECTION OF STABLES
NEWLANDS, RIBCHESTER ROAD, HOTHERSALL, PRESTON
Received 3 Jan 2003
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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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