Understanding planning · 13 min read
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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
PERRY GROUP PLC, WATERLOO ROAD, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 14 Mar 2001GOOD HEYS FARM, LONGRIDGE ROAD, THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY, LONGRIDGE
Received 14 Mar 2001POORSLAND BARNS, SLAIDBURN, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 6 Mar 2001THE OLD CO-OP BUILDING, HENTHORN ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 2LD
Received 17 May 2001LOWER STANDEN FARM, WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 24 May 200110 Somerset Avenue Wilpshire Lancashire
Received 1 Sept 2004LAND ADJOINING BRAESIDE, YORK LANE, LANGHO, BLACKBURN
Received 25 Mar 2001SAGAR WOOD, BIRDY BROW, CHAIGLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 28 May 2001RODHILL LODGE, BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND ROAD, BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Jun 2001RODHILL LODGE, BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND ROAD, BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, CLITHEROE
Received 28 Jun 20016 HODDER COURT, KNOWLES BROW, STONYHURST BB6 9PP
Received 11 Apr 20016 HODDER COURT, KNOWLES BROW, STONYHURST BB6 9PP
Received 11 Apr 2001ALLOTMENT AT REAR, WESLEY STREET, SABDEN, CLITHEROE
Received 12 Apr 2001ST BARTHOLOMEWS CHURCH, CHIPPING, PRESTON
Received 12 Apr 2001THE OLD COACH HOUSE, WARD GREEN LANE, RIBCHESTER, PRESTON
Received 29 Mar 2001BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND CE SCHOOL, GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON BY BOWLAND, CLITHEROE BB7 4NP
Received 1 May 2001Scott House Barn Withgill Fold Withgill Lancashire
Received 1 Sept 2004GAMBLE HOLE FARM, BACK LANE, NEWTON, NR CLITHEROE
Received 9 May 2001LONGRIDGE CE PRIMARY SCHOOL, BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 10 May 200152 KENILWORTH DRIVE, CLITHEROE, BB7 2QN
Received 10 May 2001ACORN LODGE STABLES, LONGSIGHT ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-DALE, BLACKBURN
Received 18 Apr 2001BRIERLEYS FARM, MOOR LANE, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 3 May 2001THE OLD RECTORY, GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON BY BOWLAND, CLITHEROE BB7 4NP
Received 4 Jun 2001THE OLD RECTORY, GISBURN ROAD, BOLTON BY BOWLAND, CLITHEROE BB7 4NP
Received 4 Jun 2001Records 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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