Soughwood,Farm, Haslingden Old Road,Oswaldtwistle,Accrington,BB5 3RG Data via plota.co.uk

11/26/0209 - Prior Approval (Part 6) Refused
Agricultural

Proposal

Prior Approval (Agricultural Determination): Erection of livestock building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 May 2026
✗
Refused
9 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 9 Jun 2026 · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision notice · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF Location Plan Location Plan · 16 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan CAD Drawing · 16 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Cattle and Sheep Shed CAD Drawing · 16 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan CAD Drawing · 16 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan BLOCK PLAN CAD Drawing · 16 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Redacted Application Form · 16 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Officers Report Officer's Report - final · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Public footpath 9 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
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 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
Hyndburn
Application type
Prior Approval (Part 6)
Postcode
BB5 3RG
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Case officer
Show
Decision
Prior Approval Refused
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 19 days from validation, 13 days faster than Hyndburn's median of 32 for prior approvals. Refused, as 33% of prior approvals here are.

79%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
26decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Hyndburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Hyndburn decision record →

Public comments

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
18 May 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Duckworth Field Duckworth Hall Brow Hyndburn Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RL
Agricultural determination: Erection of detached building to house farming machinery
11/22/0426
2022 Approved
Duckworth Field Duckworth Hall Brow Hyndburn Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RL
Agricultural determination: Erection of detached building to house farming machinery
11/22/0426
2022 Refused
Land at Duckworth Field Duckworth Hall Brow Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RL
Agricultural Prior Approval: Erection of agricultural building to be used as animal shelt…
11/22/0199
2022 Refused
Land at Duckworth Field Duckworth Hall Brow Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RL
Agricultural Prior Approval: Erection of agricultural building to be used as animal shelt…
11/22/0199
2021 Refused
Land at Duckworth Hall Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RQ
Major: Change of use of former waste tip to vehicle parking to include engineering works…
11/21/0234
2019 Approved
Duckworth Hall Field Duckworth Hall Brow off Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle
Agricultural Notification: Erection of agricultural storage building
11/19/0147
2019 Approved
Duckworth Hall Field Duckworth Hall Brow off Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle
Agricultural Notification: Erection of agricultural storage building
11/19/0147
2018 Approved
Duckworth Hall Farm Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RQ
Householder: Erection of single storey extension
11/18/0291
2018 Approved
Duckworth Hall Farm Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RQ
Householder: Erection of single storey extension
11/18/0291
2018 Approved
Duckworth Hall Inn Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RQ
Full: Extension of existing beer garden, installation of picket fence and gate and planti…
11/18/0226
2018 Approved
Duckworth Hall Inn Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RQ
Full: Extension of existing beer garden, installation of picket fence and gate and planti…
11/18/0226
2018 Approved
Land adjacent/rear of 5 Duckworth Hall Haslingden Old Road OSWALDTWISTLE BB5 3RQ
Full: Erection of agricultural storage building
11/18/0077
2018 Approved
Land adjacent/rear of 5 Duckworth Hall Haslingden Old Road OSWALDTWISTLE BB5 3RQ
Full: Erection of agricultural storage building
11/18/0077
2017 Approved
Land at Duckworth Hall Field Duckworth Hall Brow Duckworth Hall off Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle
Agricultural Prior Notification: Erection of an agricultural building (18.3 m x 9.1 m)
11/17/0101
2017 Approved
Land at Duckworth Hall Field Duckworth Hall Brow Duckworth Hall off Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle
Agricultural Prior Notification: Erection of an agricultural building (18.3 m x 9.1 m)
11/17/0101
Hyndburn
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#257 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hyndburn ranks #163 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Hyndburn is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hyndburn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #279 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #288 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #163 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #225 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
6 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
43 decided
277
Total decisions
64 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings