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Meadow Head Farm, Alma Place, Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2RR

11/26/0200Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 10 July 2026

2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Full: Change of use of agricultural land into a dog exercise run with associated development

Received
19 May 2026
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Meadow Head Farm, Alma Place, Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2RR. Hyndburn has handled 841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Hyndburn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.

80% of full applications at Hyndburn Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The harm by reason of inappropriateness and other harm would not be outweighed by other considerations such that very special circumstances do not exist. Therefore, the proposal conflicts with Policy BD1 of the Hyndburn Core Strategy, Policy DM34 of the Development Management Development Plan Document, Policy SP25 of the Hyndburn 2040 Local Plan (Strategic Policies and Site Allocations) and the NPPF.
  2. The proposed development would introduce an incongruous form of development into the rural landscape, causing harm to the character and appearance of the area.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB5 2RR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2026
Consultation expiry
10 June 2026
Consultation start
20 May 2026
Consultation end
10 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Dan Rhodes

Publicity

Site notice start
20 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Hyndburn
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hyndburn

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