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

26/0523/FULRefused

Refused on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full: Installation of ground mounted solar panels.

Received
10 August 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 11 October 2026
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 59 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Drivers Height Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LP. Pendle has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 220 applications in total for the BB12 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would have an unacceptable adverse impact on landscape character, appearance and natural beauty of the Forest of Bowland National Landscape, the harm arising from the development would substantially outweigh the benefits of the development, the development is therefore contrary to Policies DM03, DM10 and DM11 of the adopted Pendle Local Plan Fourth Edition and Policy N4 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Planning, Building Control and Regulatory Services Assistant Director Application Ref: 26/0523/FUL Date: 8th October 2026

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB12 9LP

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2026
Consultation end
31 August 2026
Target decision date
14 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
32

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
    24 Jun

    Full: Installation of ground mounted solar panels.

    Invalid ApplicationHouseholder26/0423/HHO

Source: Pendle

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