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Chatburn Road Downham BB7 4BJ

3/2019/0331Applications for full consentApproved
Full

Approved on 4 October 2019

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

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

Proposal

Creation of a new off-road, multi-use link between the villages of Downham and Chatburn. The one kilometre connection would accommodate walkers, cyclists, horse-riders and those with mobility issues including chair users. Resubmission of planning application 3/2018/0754.

Received
11 April 2019
Ward
CHATBURN
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 175 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chatburn Road Downham BB7 4BJ. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 17 weeks longer than Ribble Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Downham conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 4BJ
Application type
Applications for full consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chatburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2019
Committee meeting
3 October 2019

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Downham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Top RowOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    11 Apr

    Creation of a new off-road, multi-use link between the villages of Downham and Chatburn. The one kilometre…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/2019/0331
  2. 2018
    20 Aug

    Creation of a new off-road, multi-use gravel track 2.5m wide between the villages of Downham and Chatburn…

    WithdrawnApplications for full consentPart of3/2018/0754

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