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Drivers Height Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LP

26/0423/HHOHouseholderAwaiting decision

Proposal

Full: Installation of ground mounted solar panels.

Received
24 June 2026
Decision due
5 August 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 1 October 2026
Ward
Barrowford & Pendleside
Agent
Avalon Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.22 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Drivers Height Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LP. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Barrowford & Pendleside. We hold 220 applications in total for the BB12 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
BB12 9LP
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Goldshaw Booth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2026
Consultation expiry
17 July 2026
Consultation start
26 June 2026
Consultation end
22 July 2026
Last date for comments
17 July 2026
Decision issued
6 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Avalon Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
Suite 4A Ribble Court 1 Mead Way Shuttleworth Mead Business Park Padiham BB12 7NG

Planning decision

Decision
Invalid Application
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
24
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland
  • 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, 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Aug

    Full: Installation of ground mounted solar panels.

    RefusedApplication26/0523/FUL

Source: Pendle

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