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

24/0087/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 May 2024

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full: Change of use of land to provide 18 no. static caravan pitches and 15 no. touring caravan/campervan pitches.

Received
8 February 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
19
Ward
Earby & Coates
Agent
WBW Surveyors Limited
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 85 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 105 days, 8 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
28 February 2024
Consultation expiry
22 May 2024
Consultation start
1 May 2024
Consultation end
22 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2024
Last date for comments
22 May 2024
Target decision date
10 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
WBW Surveyors Limited
Agent address
WBW Surveyors Ltd Skipton Auction Mart Gargrave Road Skipton BD23 1UD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 April 2024
Site notice end
23 April 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/0019/AP/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3355873
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 May 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12760078
Documents
53
Constraints
8

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

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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Prior Approval Notification (Agricultural Building): Erection of an agricultural building (14.216m length…

    PendingAgricultural Notification26/0759/AGR
  2. 2026
    12 Oct

    Prior Approval Notification (Agricultural Building): Erection of an agricultural building (14.2m length, 3.1m…

    WithdrawnAgricultural Notification26/0726/AGR
  3. 2025
    12 May

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 13 (Drainage Strategy) and Condition 14…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditions25/0317/CND
  4. 2024
    6 Dec

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 14 (Construction Surface Water Management…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/0852/CND
  5. 2024
    29 Jul

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 10 (External Lighting) and Condition 13…

    Conditions Discharge Split DecisionDischarge of conditions24/0504/CND
  6. 2022
    20 Jun

    Full: Major: Change of use of land from agricultural and engineering operations to form 61 caravan pitches…

    RefusedFull Application22/0413/FUL

Source: Pendle

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