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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22,421 approved · 3,926 refused · 1,941 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church of St Lawrence with St Paul's Church Street Longridge Preston Lancs
Received 15 Nov 2004CHAPEL HOUSE, HESKETH LANE, CHIPPING, PR3 2TH
Received 4 May 2000ALTHAMS TRAVEL, 20 KING STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 5 May 2000SHELTON, 1 PORTFIELD BAR, ACCRINGTON ROAD, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE
Received 5 May 200046 ST. MARYS GARDENS, MELLOR, BLACKBURN
Received 5 May 200015 CROW TREES BROW, CHATBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 3 May 200013 CROW TREES BROW, CHATBURN, CLITHEROE
Received 3 May 2000GOOD HEYS FARM, LONGRIDGE ROAD, THORNLEY WITH WHEATLEY, LONGRIDGE
Received 5 May 20004 SCOTT AVENUE, SIMONSTONE, NR BURNLEY
Received 25 Apr 20002 TITHE BARN COTTAGE, PENDLETON ROAD, WISWELL, CLITHEROE
Received 4 May 2000THE AVENUE CAFE BAR AND RESTAURANT, BROCKHALL VILLAGE, OLD LANGHO ROAD, OLD LANGHO
Received 4 Apr 2000Marl Hill House Roman Road Cow Ark Clitheroe Lancs
Received 15 Nov 200427 SOMERSET AVENUE, WILPSHIRE, BLACKBURN
Received 11 Apr 200027 PENDLESIDE CLOSE, SABDEN, CLITHEROE
Received 11 May 2000KEMPLE VIEW, LONGSIGHT ROAD, LANGHO
Received 12 May 2000KEMPLE VIEW, LONGSIGHT ROAD, LANGHO
Received 12 May 2000GARAGE REAR OF STARKIE ARMS, CASTLE STREET, CLITHEROE, LANCS
Received 21 Nov 2000EDISFORD BRIDGE FARM, EDISFORD ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 2LN
Received 21 Nov 2000NEW HOUSE FARM, CHIPPING ROAD, CHAIGLEY
Received 21 Nov 2000STONEHOUSE, BLACKBURN ROAD, RIBCHESTER, PRESTON
Received 1 Aug 200018 CHURCH CLOSE, WADDINGTON, BB7 3HX
Received 10 Aug 2000KITCHENS BARN COTTAGE, CROSS LANE, BASHALL EAVES, CLITHEROE
Received 10 Aug 2000Marl Hill House Roman Road Cow Ark Clitheroe LANCS
Received 15 Nov 2004GRIMBALDESTON FARM, PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON
Received 10 Aug 2000Records 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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