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Smithfield Farm Twiston Lane Downham Lancashire BB7 4DF

3/2011/0423Applications for full consentApproved
Full

Approved on 20 July 2011

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

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

Proposal

Proposed roof over existing yard to provide weather protection to stored timber in connection with existing use.

Received
3 June 2011
Ward
CHATBURN
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Smithfield Farm Twiston Lane Downham Lancashire BB7 4DF. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Ribble Valley's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,415 applications in total for the BB7 postcode area.

79% of full applications at Ribble Valley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB7 4DF
Application type
Applications for full consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2011
Committee meeting
20 July 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office 4 Brookside Barn Brookside Downham Lancs BB7 4BP

Additional information

Documents
4

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.

Source: Ribble Valley

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