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Land To The South West Of Woodside Fir Trees Lane Higham Lancashire

23/0494/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 18 September 2023

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full (Major): Change of use of part of an agricultural land to commercial dog walking business and the erection of fencing.

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
17
Ward
Fence & Higham
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land To The South West Of Woodside Fir Trees Lane Higham Lancashire. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Fence & Higham.

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
Small
Parish
Higham-with-West Close Booth PC

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Consultation expiry
28 September 2023
Consultation start
7 September 2023
Consultation end
28 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2023
Last date for comments
17 September 2023
Target decision date
5 September 2023
Committee meeting
6 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
25 August 2023
Site notice start
28 July 2023
Site notice end
18 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12309975
Documents
31
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Pendle
  • 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.

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© 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: Pendle

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