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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
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
22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
25 NELSON STREET, LOW MOOR, CLITHEROE
Received 7 Jul 200315/19 CASTLE STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 7 Jul 2003CHAPEL HOUSE, CALFCOTE LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 8 Jul 2003MIDDLE KNOTTS FARM, TOSSIDE, SKIPTON
Received 3 Jul 2003Arbour Farm Longridge Road Thornley Lancs
Received 23 Jul 2004St Peter & St Paul Presbytery Stydd Ribchester Lancashie
Received 26 Jul 20052 LITTLE EASE, BOWFIELD LANE, BALDERSTONE, BLACKBURN
Received 14 Jul 2003BROOKFIELD, LONGRIDGE ROAD, CHIPPING, PRESTON PR3 2QD
Received 21 Jul 2003SHAW HOUSE FARM, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 21 Jul 2003PLOTS 11, 12, 14 & 15, CRUMPAX MEADOWS, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 22 Jul 2003WATERY GATE FARM, BLEASDALE, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 14 Aug 2003BROOK FARM, PLECKGATE ROAD, RAMSGREAVE, BLACKBURN BB1 8QU
Received 14 Aug 2003CLASSIC TRAVEL (UK) LTD, 2 BEE MILL, PRESTON ROAD, RIBCHESTER, PRESTON
Received 14 Aug 2003FAIRFIELD FARM, LONGSIGHT ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 14 Aug 2003THE CLOTHES SHOP, 8 YORK STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 15 Aug 2003GREENHEAD FARM, GISBURN ROAD, SAWLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 17 Jun 2003WOODSTRAW FARM, FORTY ACRE LANE, THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY, NR PRESTON
Received 18 Mar 200427 DARWEN CLOSE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 19 Mar 2004REDGATE, WATT STREET, SABDEN, CLITHEROE
Received 19 Mar 2004LAND OFF GEORGE STREET, CLITHEROE, BB7 1BU
Received 23 Mar 2004CLEVE PRIOR, WHINS LANE, SIMONSTONE, BURNLEY
Received 23 Mar 2004CROFTWOOD, 63 WHALLEY ROAD, WILPSHIRE, BLACKBURN
Received 23 Mar 20042 STOPPER LANE, RIMINGTON, CLITHEROE
Received 12 Mar 200443 WHALLEY ROAD, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 15 Mar 2004Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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