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Unit 45 Mitton Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9YE

38153Applications for full consentRefused
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Refused on 9 April 2026

1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Regularisation of change of use from Class B2/B8 (general industrial) to Class E(d) (indoor sport, recreation or fitness) and Class E (e) (medical or health services), provision of mezzanine floor and extension of opening hours to 6.30am to 9.00 pm Monday to Friday, 7.00 am to 2.00 pm on Saturdays and 7.00 am to 1.00 pm on Sundays

Received
27 January 2026
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 45 Mitton Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9YE. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Ribble Valley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would result in the loss of employment generating floorspace through the introduction of a use falling within the definition of a ‘Main Town Centre Use’. There are no material considerations in this case to justify or warrant the harm resulting from the loss of employment generating floorspace use or allowing a ‘Main Town Centre Use’ in an out-of- town centre location. As such the proposal would result in direct conflict with Policies EC1 and DMB1 of the Ribble Valley Core Strategy and the aims and objectives of Paragraph 91 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB7 9YE
Application type
Applications for full consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Committee meeting
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PWA Planning 2 Lockside Office Park Lockside Road Preston PR2 2YS

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 2026-11-03. 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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