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Gibb Hill Gib Hill Road Nelson Lancashire

24/0061/FULLA Full App - Dev by LAApproved
Full

Approved on 12 April 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPolicy and Resources

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Town & Country Planning General Regulations 1992 - Regulation 3. Full (Major): Change of use of agricultural land to a designated local nature reserve.

Received
30 January 2024
Decision level
Policy and Resources
Public comments
10
Ward
Waterside & Horsfield
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Gibb Hill Gib Hill Road Nelson Lancashire. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Waterside & Horsfield.

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
LA Full App - Dev by LA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colne Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2024
Consultation expiry
1 March 2024
Consultation start
5 February 2024
Consultation end
26 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
5 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2024
Last date for comments
1 March 2024
Target decision date
1 April 2024
Committee meeting
11 April 2024
Permission expires
12 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Borough Of Pendle
Agent address
The Borough Of Pendle Fleet Street Depot Fleet Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
1 March 2024
Site notice start
9 February 2024
Site notice end
1 March 2024

Additional information

Documents
39
Constraints
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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