Skip to content

Samlesbury Aerodrome BAE Systems Operations Ltd Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF

36198Applications for full consentPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Proposed three local exhaust ventilation ducts. Each duct to be powered by its own centrifugal fan, the ductwork to reach a height of 18.5m at the side of the building.

Received
21 February 2024
Decided
18 April 2024 · APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Ribble Valley78% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Samlesbury Aerodrome BAE Systems Operations Ltd Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type and approves 81% of them, typically deciding them in 71 days. This one was decided in 57 days, 2 weeks quicker than Ribble Valley's median. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 535 applications in total for the BB2 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
36198
Address
Samlesbury Aerodrome BAE Systems Operations Ltd Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF
Postcode
BB2 7LF
Local Authority
Ribble Valley
Application Type
Applications for full consent
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decided - Final Decision

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
BAE Systems Ltd Box 1 Building S609 Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn BB2 7LF
Agent Address
BAE Systems Ltd Box 1 Building S609 Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Preston BB2 7LF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
21 February 2024
Date Decided
18 April 2024
Date Validated
6 March 2024
Date Submitted
21 February 2024
Committee Meeting
18 April 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
6
Coordinates
53.779710, -2.569642
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Ribble Valley

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BB2

New planning applications delivered to your inbox weekly.

Planning constraints

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

  • 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 (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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report