Caravan Site Lower Greenhill Farm Kelbrook Road Salterforth Lancashire BB18 5TG

22/0413/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 3 April 2023

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

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Proposal

Full: Major: Change of use of land from agricultural and engineering operations to form 61 caravan pitches and erection of new amenity / shower block.

Received: 20 June 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 18
Council: Pendle Borough Council
Ward: Earby & Coates
Agent: WBW Surveyors Limited

ReceivedReceived20 Jun
ValidatedValidated26 Oct
Consult.Consultation1 Dec
TargetTarget Date1 Jun
DecidedDecided3 Apr

Decided in 159 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Caravan Site Lower Greenhill Farm Kelbrook Road Salterforth Lancashire BB18 5TG. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 34 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Earby & Coates. We hold 502 applications in total for the BB18 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Pendle Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BB18 5TG
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Salterforth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 October 2022
Consultation expiry: 7 December 2022
Consultation start: 10 November 2022
Consultation end: 1 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 10 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 1 December 2022
Last date for comments: 7 December 2022
Target decision date: 1 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: WBW Surveyors Limited
Agent address: WBW Surveyors Ltd Skipton Auction Mart Gargrave Road Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 1UD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 218 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 November 2022
Advertisement expiry: 2 December 2022
Site notice start: 16 November 2022
Site notice end: 7 December 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference: 23/0017/AP/REFUSE
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Allowed with Conditions

Appeal history

3321392

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 May 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11331334
Documents: 90
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

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14 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Pendle

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