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Read Cricket and Bowling Club Whalley Road Read BB12 7PN

38233Applications for full consentRefused
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Refused on 29 April 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Proposal

Proposed ball stop net.

Received
23 February 2026
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Read Cricket and Bowling Club Whalley Road Read BB12 7PN. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Ribble Valley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 220 applications in total for the BB12 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 is considered to form an inappropriate type of development within the Green Belt and would be harmful to its openness by virtue of the insufficient information provided to justify the development as being essential to the existing sports facilities and by virtue of the proposed height. This is contrary to Key Statement EN1 of the Ribble Valley Core Strategy and Paragraph 154 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. By virtue of the height, visual prominence and permanent nature of the structure, and in the absence of any suitable justification, the proposed development would result in unacceptable harm to the character and visual amenities of the area contrary to Policy DMG1 of the Ribble Valley Core Strategy and paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB12 7PN
Application type
Applications for full consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Committee meeting
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Read Design Ltd 1 Victoria Mill Watt Street Sabden Clitheroe BB7 9ED

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Ribble Valley
  • 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, 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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