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Poor Parts Barn Hellifield Road Bolton-By-Bowland BB7 4LU

38164Applications for full consentRefused
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Refused on 31 March 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Proposal

Conversion of a redundant barn to an affordable local needs occupancy residential dwelling. Installation of a package treatment unit.

Received
29 January 2026
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Poor Parts Barn Hellifield Road Bolton-By-Bowland BB7 4LU. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days 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 proposed development, by virtue of the barn building’s isolated and unsustainable location, means that future residents would be dependent on private motor vehicle to access key services and facilities, as such the site is unsuitable for housing and the proposal fails to represent sustainable development. This is in conflict with Policy DMG3 of the Ribble Valley Core Strategy and the sustainability objectives contained in the Framework including paragraphs 110 and 115.
  2. The proposed development, by virtue of the unjustified insertion of new window openings into the historic barn building, subsequent loss of historic building fabric, closure and obscurement of historic openings and resultant encroachment into the surrounding open countryside would amount to an incongruous and unsympathetic form of development which would have a harmful urbanising impact that would neither enhance or conserve the visual amenities of the surrounding National Landscape. The proposed development would therefore fail to satisfy the requirements of Paragraph 135 © and 189 of the NPPF and Key Statement EN2 and Policies DMG1 and DMG2 of the Ribble Valley Core Strategy.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB7 4LU
Application type
Applications for full consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Committee meeting
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Rural Futures 1 Low Park Wood Cottages Sedgwick Kendal LA8 0JZ

Additional information

Documents
22

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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