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Salterforth Quarry Moor Lane Salterforth Lancashire

22/0551/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 2 March 2023

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full (Major): Change of use of land from storage and dismantling of vehicles to a mixed use of storage and dismantling of vehicles and a 5 plot Travelling Showpeople's Site comprising the siting of 5 static residential caravans, 5 touring residential caravans, equipment and associated vehicle storage, vehicle and equipment maintenance and gated access alterations on Moor Lane.

Received
15 August 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Earby & Coates
Agent
MAT DESIGN LIMITED
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 164 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Salterforth Quarry Moor Lane Salterforth Lancashire. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 199 days, 21 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Earby & Coates.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Salterforth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2022
Consultation expiry
1 February 2023
Consultation start
11 January 2023
Consultation end
1 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2022
Last date for comments
1 February 2023
Target decision date
16 February 2023
Permission expires
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MAT DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
MAT Design Limited 17 Brookside Avenue Eccleston St.Helens Merseyside WA10 4RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
150 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 September 2022
Advertisement expiry
21 October 2022
Site notice start
18 October 2022
Site notice end
8 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11468186
Documents
74
Constraints
10

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.

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: Pendle

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