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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Decision3/2026/0266
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed erection of a glass-roofed, lean-to canopy attached to the rear wall of the house.
Oakhill Simonstone Road Sabden BB7 9HA
Received 2 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0268
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 29 (Surface Water Drainage) and 30 (Surface Water Maintenance) on planning permission 3/2017/0714.
Unit 22-51 Mitton Road Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9YE
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Withdrawn3/2026/0269
Application for tree works Proposed felling of 2No. dead/dying trees. 1 oak and 1 ash.
56 Highwoods Park Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HN
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0270
Applications for full consent Proposed new LEV stack, 18 metres from ground floor level, for new resin oven in 2 shed.
Unit 2 2Shed BAE Systems Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0271
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 11 (construction management plan), condition 14 (landscaping scheme), condition 16 (Bird/Bat boxes), condition 18 Environmental method statement, condition 19 (Biodiversity gain plan), condition 20 (Habitat management and monitoring plan) and condition 21 (surface water drainage strategy) on planning permission 3/2025/0861.
Burnhouse Farm Back Lane Slaidburn BB7 3EE
Received 31 Mar 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0272
Application for tree works Proposed removal of 6 lower branches of T1 (beech) and T2 (beech) trees.
8 Netherwood Gardens Brockhall Village Old Langho BB6 8HR
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0273
Applications for full consent Proposed first-floor side extension.
18 Harewood Avenue Simonstone BB12 7JB
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0274
Applications for full consent Proposed change of use and conversion of the existing detached garage into a single residential dwelling with parking.
Ridings Cottage Whalley Old Road Billington BB7 9JF
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0177
Applications for full consent DEMOLITION OF EXISTING KITCHEN EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW REAR KITCHEN/CONSERVATORY EXTENSION (RESUBMISSION)
34 WHALLEY ROAD, SABDEN, CLITHEROE
Received 7 Mar 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0275
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (details of windows, doors, lintels, cills, walls and internal wall finishes) and 4 (methodology of works to demolish and rebuild rear wall) and 8 (written scheme of investigation) of listed building consent 3/2025/0089.
Lower Reaps Farm Whinney Lane Mellor BB2 7EL
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0276
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 3 (details of windows, doors, lintels, cills, walls and internal wall finishes) and 7 (written scheme of investigation) of planning permission 3/2025/0088.
Lower Reaps Farm Whinney Lane Mellor BB2 7EL
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0277
Application for tree works T1 (Poplar) - side reduction away from property. Selective pruning of one overhanging branch to reduce back to tree line.
9 Stonewater Close Barrow Clitheroe BB7 9ZU
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0278
Applications for full consent Replacement of the existing flat roof and replacement of and removal of rooflights to flat roof. Installation of an air source heat pump to the roof at first floor level with acoustic fencing.
Ribchester St Wilfrids C of E Primary School Church Street Ribchester PR3 3XP
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0279
Applications for full consent Proposed entrance porch to front elevation.
Inshriach Neddy Lane Billington BB7 9ND
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0280
Applications for full consent Retrospective consent for As-Built Summer House (Incidental Outbuilding to the Main Dwelling).
84 St Pauls Street Clitheroe BB7 2LS
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0281
Applications for full consent Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of one replacement self-build dwelling with garage and associated garden curtilage, hard and soft landscaping, new access drive off Longsight Rd and the closure of the existing access.
Bridgecroft Longsight Road Copster Green BB1 9EX
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0282
Application for tree works Fell T2 cherry tree.
Clitheroe Cricket Club Chatburn Road Clitheroe BB7 2AS
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0283
Applications for full consent Proposed alterations to existing garage to form kitchen.
105 Whalley Road Sabden BB7 9EA
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0284
Agricultural determination Prior notification for the erection of two agricultural buildings for the storage of machinery ,equipment and agricultural materials.
Lower Gazegill Farm Cross Hill Lane Rimington Clitheroe BB7 4EE
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2003/0242
Applications for full consent ERECTION OF CONSERVATORY AND DETACHED GARAGE AT REAR OF PROPERTY
14 RISEDALE DRIVE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 24 Mar 2003 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0285
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension.
5 The Acres Barrow BB7 9BH
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0286
Applications for full consent Proposed construction of a detached garage in the front garden.
53 Knowsley Road Wilpshire BB1 9PN
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0288
Non-Material amendment Non-material amendment to application 3/2025/0455 involving proposed garage to be re-located away from adjoining boundaries.
Carniola Whins Lane Simonstone Lancashire BB12 7QT
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided - Final Decision3/2026/0290
Discharge of Conditions Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (Sound Insulation) on planning permission 3/2026/0082.
91 Berry Lane Longridge PR3 3WH
Received 16 Apr 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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