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Dockber Laithe Farm Sawley Old Brow Sawley BB7 4LF

37607Applications for full consentRefused
Full

Proposal

Regularisation of construction of a steel portal framed building for use as a pet crematorium facility (sui generis).

Received
2 July 2025
Decided
18 December 2025 · REFUSED
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

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

This is a full planning application at Dockber Laithe Farm Sawley Old Brow Sawley BB7 4LF. 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 169 days, 14 weeks longer than Ribble Valley's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the BB7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
37607
Address
Dockber Laithe Farm Sawley Old Brow Sawley BB7 4LF
Postcode
BB7 4LF
Local Authority
Ribble Valley
Application Type
Applications for full consent
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided - Final Decision

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Dockber Laithe Farm Sawley Old Brow Sawley Clitheroe BB7 4LF
Agent Address
Richard Turner and Son Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Road Sawley Clitheroe BB7 4LH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
2 July 2025
Date Decided
18 December 2025
Date Validated
1 October 2025
Date Submitted
2 July 2025
Committee Meeting
18 December 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
REFUSED

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
21
Coordinates
53.920055, -2.326182
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Ribble Valley

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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