Unit 4 Silk Way Business Park Whitewalls Drive Colne Lancashire BB8 9FJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/0185/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Full (Major): Erection of a food retail unit (Use Class E) with associated access, car parking, servicing and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

23 Mar 2026

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Consultation

22 Apr 2026

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Approved

11 Aug 2026

Approved on 11 Aug 2026 · Committee Colne · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents 67

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF FULL APPROVAL Decision · 12 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE REPORT Correspondence · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 18

Plans & drawings 15

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 27

Associated applications 3

FullApproved11 Aug 202626/0185/FULThis application
Full (Major): Erection of a food retail unit (Use Class E) with associated access, car parking, servicing and landscaping.
Conditions 9, 16, 17, 23, 24 awaiting decision
- ConditionsApproval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 16 (Surface Water Sustainable…21 Sep 202626/0662/CND
- ConditionsApproval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 9 (Construction Method…8 Sep 202626/0614/CND

Site constraints 6

Local nature reserve 44 m away: Greenfield

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt 37 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Pendle
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: BB8 9FJ
Received: 23 Mar 2026
Validated: 23 Mar 2026
Ward: Waterside & Horsfield
Parish: Colne Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 22 Jun 2026
Decision: Approved with Conditions
Decision date: 11 Aug 2026
Decision level: Committee Colne
Agent: Nexus Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 141 days from validation, 89 days slower than Pendle's median of 52 for commercial premises. Approved, as 88% of commercial premises here are.

This one141d

Council52d

UK56d

79%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

47decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Pendle in the last twelve months, from validation. Pendle decision record →

Public comments

8comments received

2 objecting1 neutral5 supporting

63% support · above the UK average of 16%

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14692685
Planning Portal ref: PP-14692685
Neighbours: 26 Mar 2026
Consultation: 22 Apr 2026
Comments by: 2 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 1 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 22 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Pendle

Planning Authority Score

4.7/10

Below average

#166 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Pendle ranks #153 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Pendle decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #175 of 296

87%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #234 of 296

64%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #153 of 296

34%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #89 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

95 decided (1-9 homes)

67%

Major dwellings approved

6 decided (10+ homes)

75%

Change of use approved

20 decided

441

Total decisions

58 refused in the year to March 2026

Unit 4 Silk Way Business Park Whitewalls Drive Colne Lancashire BB8 9FJ Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 67

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 18

Plans & drawings 15

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 27

Other documents 4

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

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Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

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