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Land adjacent to Abbeycroft The Sands Whalley BB7 9TN

38343Applications for full consentAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of land to Wellbeing and Community Use (Use Class E(d) and installation of tipi structure from 1st May until 30th September each year with on-site parking and access from Ridding Lane.

Received
31 March 2026
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land adjacent to Abbeycroft The Sands Whalley BB7 9TN. Ribble Valley has handled 857 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Whalley conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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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Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wilson Mason and Partners Upland House Spring Lane Samlesbury Preston PR5 0UX

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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