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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
rear of 3 Halton Place Longridge Preston
Received 22 Jul 2004Chatburn Post Office & General Store Bridge Road Chatburn
Received 20 Sept 20057 Isle of Man Ramsgreave Blackburn Lancashire
Received 18 Nov 2005Dinckley Grange Farm Ribchester Road Dinckley Lancashire
Received 18 Nov 200512 Hall Street Clitheroe Lancashire
Received 3 Feb 2005Old Buckley Farm Ribchester Preston Lancs
Received 2 Feb 2005Chapel Hill Farm Lower Lane Longridge Lancashire
Received 6 May 200513 BRENNAND STREET, CLITHEROE, BB7 2HG
Received 13 Feb 2004BROOKSIDE COTTAGE, GRUNSAGILL, TOSSIDE, SKIPTON
Received 6 Jan 2004LANTERN COTTAGE, WISWELL, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 26 Jan 2004FOUR TREES, RIBCHESTER ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 2 Feb 2004CROFT COTTAGE, BACK LANE, RIMINGTON, CLITHEROE
Received 13 Feb 20042 KEMPLE VIEW, CLITHEROE
Received 3 Mar 2004BAY HORSE SAAB, LONGSIGHT ROAD, OSBALDESTON, BLACKBURN
Received 23 Feb 2004BISHOP'S HOUSE, RIBCHESTER ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 27 Feb 2004MEARLEY COTTAGE, MEARLEY
Received 1 Mar 2004MEARLEY COTTAGE, MEARLEY
Received 1 Mar 20041 Burn House Barn Back Lane Newton Clitheroe Lancs
Received 6 May 2005RIMINGTON RECREATION TRUST ASSOCIATION, BACK LANE, RIMINGTON, CLITHEROE
Received 9 Mar 2004FAIRFIELD HOUSE, RIBBLESDALE VIEW, CHATBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 16 Mar 200450 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 16 Mar 2004SPOUT FARM NURSERY, PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 10 Mar 200437 LIMEFIELD AVENUE, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE BB7 9RJ
Received 12 Mar 200468 BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 23 Jan 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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