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Old Bell Farm School Lane Pilling Lancashire PR3 6HB

25/00891/FULRefused

Refused on 19 May 2026

Council decision: Application Refused1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use from a Barn / Workshop and Stables into 3 no holiday lets, with minor external alterations.

Received
29 October 2025
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 196 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Old Bell Farm School Lane Pilling Lancashire PR3 6HB. Wyre has handled 2,136 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 19 weeks longer than Wyre's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,017 applications in total for the PR3 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been received in order to demonstrate that every reasonable effort has been made to secure a use higher in the order of priority uses as set out in paragraph 4 of Policy SP4. In addition to this, no marketing has taken place in accordance with Policy SP6 (Viability). The proposal therefore fails to comply with Policies SP4 and SP6 of the Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR3 6HB

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025

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: Wyre

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