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Ribble Valley: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Ribble Valley Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, North West; within the county of LAN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lancashire County Council. ONS code E07000124.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Ribble Valley for 2026–27: £170.69 of a £2,386.50 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 academy converter, 1 new provision), 1 closed (1 academy converter)

St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clitheroe (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
TRUST-Education Group Ltd — open; reason recorded: new provision, 20 July 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Ribble Valley reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Ribble Valley: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£137,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	£24,000
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£834,000
Cultural and related services	£2.3 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£4.5 million
Planning and development services	£1.1 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£3.4 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£12.1 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Ribble Valley in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 65,794 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 48 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £30,041 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £677 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 14.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 1.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £285,610 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.7 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 16.1 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 86.6% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 123.1 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,310 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

40 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 16, Independent / Other 7, Liberal Democrats 6, Labour Party 5, Reform UK 4, Green Party (E&W) 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 40 councillors, by ward

Derek Brocklehurst (Reform UK) — Alston & Hothersall
James Rogerson (Independent / Other) — Alston & Hothersall
Steve Farmer (Conservative and Unionist) — Billington & Langho
Tony Austin (Conservative and Unionist) — Billington & Langho
Rosemary Elms (Conservative and Unionist) — Bowland
Stephen Atkinson (Reform UK) — Brockhall & Dinckley
Gary Scott (Conservative and Unionist) — Chatburn
Simon Hore (Conservative and Unionist) — Chipping
Louise Edge (Conservative and Unionist) — Clayton-le-Dale & Salesbury
Kieren Spencer (Labour Party) — Derby & Thornley
Rachael Ray (Labour Party) — Derby & Thornley
Lee Jameson (Independent / Other) — Dilworth
Nicholas Stubbs (Independent / Other) — Dilworth
Gaye McCrum (Green Party (E&W)) — East Whalley, Read & Simonstone
Malcolm Peplow (Green Party (E&W)) — East Whalley, Read & Simonstone
Ryan Corney (Independent / Other) — Edisford & Low Moor
Simon O\'Rourke (Liberal Democrats) — Edisford & Low Moor
Charles McFall (Conservative and Unionist) — Gisburn & Rimington
Janet Alcock (Conservative and Unionist) — Hurst Green & Whitewell
Gaynor Hibbert (Liberal Democrats) — Littlemoor
Mark French (Independent / Other) — Littlemoor
Robin Walsh (Conservative and Unionist) — Mellor
Stella Brunskill (Conservative and Unionist) — Mellor
Mary Robinson (Liberal Democrats) — Primrose
Michael Graveston (Labour Party) — Primrose
Karl Barnsley (Labour Party) — Ribchester
Richard Newmark (Reform UK) — Sabden
Donna O\'Rourke (Liberal Democrats) — Salthill
Ian Brown (Reform UK) — Salthill
Jonathan Hill (Liberal Democrats) — St Mary's
Mark Sutcliffe (Liberal Democrats) — St Mary's
Sophie Cowman (Conservative and Unionist) — Waddington, Bashall Eaves & Mitton
Kevin Horkin (Conservative and Unionist) — West Bradford & Grindleton
John Atherton (Independent / Other) — Whalley & Painter Wood
Mark Hindle (Conservative and Unionist) — Whalley & Painter Wood
Aaron Wilkins-Odudu (Labour Party) — Whalley Nethertown
Stuart Hirst (Conservative and Unionist) — Wilpshire & Ramsgreave
Susan Bibby (Conservative and Unionist) — Wilpshire & Ramsgreave
David Birtwhistle (Independent / Other) — Wiswell & Barrow
Lee Street (Conservative and Unionist) — Wiswell & Barrow

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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