Skip to content

Soughwood Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB1 2LR

11/26/0206Prior Approval (Part 6): Agricultural DeterminationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 June 2026

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL REFUSED1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Prior Approval (Agricultural Determination): Erection of machine store

Received
18 May 2026
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Soughwood Farm, Haslingden Old Road,Oswaldtwistle,Accrington,BB1 2LR. Hyndburn has handled 148 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Hyndburn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 654 applications in total for the BB1 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at Hyndburn Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Why it was refused

  1. The submitted information has failed to demonstrate that the application site relates to 'agricultural land' in an 'agricultural holding'.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB1 2LR
Application type
Prior Approval (Part 6): Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2026
Consultation expiry
13 May 2026
Consultation end
13 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Rosie Maguire

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Hyndburn

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BB1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address