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26/0125/CEA - Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Use (S.192 Proposed Development): Installation of 12 No. roof-mounted solar panels to front and rear roofslopes. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Feb 2026
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Consultation
25 Feb 2026
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Approved
9 Apr 2026

Approved on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

Higham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public footpath about 17 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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Higham House, Grade II, about 35 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Higham (Pendle) built-up area; Green belt about 48 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £155,000 in August 2004. Terraced house, leasehold.

23 August 2004£155,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Pendle
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Postcode
BB12 9HB
Received
24 Feb 2026
Validated
24 Feb 2026
Ward
Fence & Higham
Parish
Higham-with-West Close Booth PC
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Apr 2026
Decision
CLUD Issued
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Planet Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 7 days faster than Pendle's median of 51 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 79% of lawful development certificates here are.

100%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
15decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Pendle in the last twelve months, from validation. Pendle decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14731918
Planning Portal ref
PP-14731918
Consultation
25 Feb 2026
Comments by
18 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.