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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
65 WHALLEY ROAD, READ, BURNLEY
Received 20 May 2003BOLTON HALL, PARKGATES, COPSTER GREEN, BLACKBURN
Received 20 May 2003BOLTON HALL, PARKGATES, COPSTER GREEN, BLACKBURN
Received 20 May 200310 CHESTNUT CRESCENT, BARROW, CLITHEROE
Received 21 May 2003THE MANOR HOUSE RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING HOME, BRIDGE ROAD, CHATBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 21 May 20039 BUCK STREET, GRINDLETON, CLITHEROE
Received 21 May 200386 MELLOR BROW, MELLOR, BLACKBURN BB2 7PN
Received 21 May 2003MERSEY STREET & ST PAUL'S WORKSHOP GARAGE SITE, MERSEY STREET, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 21 May 20038 Highmoor Park Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 8 Sept 2005LAND OFF, ST PAUL'S CLOSE, CLITHEROE, BB7 2NA
Received 22 May 2003DUTTON DOGHOUSE, MOOR GAME HALL, OLD CLITHEROE ROAD, DUTTON, PRESTON
Received 21 May 2003THE METAL WORKS, OFF WOONE LANE, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 22 May 2003ETHOS GALLERY, ETHOS HOUSE, YORK STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 22 May 20039 PAYNTER CLOSE, BARROW, CLITHEROE
Received 22 May 2003HAWTHORN BANK, GARSTANG ROAD, CHIPPING, PRESTON PR3 2QH
Received 25 Jul 200372 MITTON ROAD, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Jul 2003HANSONS FARM BARN, WEST BRADFORD, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Jul 2003WITTONS FARM, FOREST BECKS, BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, CLITHEROE
Received 22 May 2003RIVERSIDE ROADLINK, UNIT 5, SALTHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LINCOLN WAY, CLITHEROE
Received 28 May 2003Flats 1 2 3 and 4 71 Preston Road Longridge Preston Lancashire
Received 24 Oct 20052A Albany Drive Copster Green Lancashire BB1 9EH
Received 26 Jul 200412 Stoneygate Lane Knowle Green Preston Lancashire
Received 30 Sept 2005SCOTT HOUSE FARM, GREENMOOR LANE, RIBCHESTER, PRESTON PR3 2YR
Received 2 May 200330 ELSWICK GARDENS, MELLOR, BLACKBURN
Received 29 May 2003Records 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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