Higher Greenhead Farm Gisburn Road Sawley BB7 4LQ Data via plota.co.uk

3/2026/0588 - Agricultural determination Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Prior notification for proposed new track 193m x 4.5m under Part 6 Class A of the GDPO. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Jul 2026
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Validated
10 Aug 2026
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Approved
27 Aug 2026

Approved on 27 Aug 2026 · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 18 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; National landscape about 286 m away: Forest Of Bowland; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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 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
Ribble Valley
Application type
Agricultural determination
Postcode
BB7 4LQ
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Aug 2026
Decision
PERMISSION NOT REQUIRED
Decision date
27 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 17 days from validation, 27 days faster than Ribble Valley's median of 44 for agricultural works. Approved, as 63% of agricultural works here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
63%approved
37decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Ribble Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Ribble Valley decision record →

Historical activity at this location

22 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Proposed construction of an earth banked slurry lagoon and associated landscaping.
36233
2024 Approved
Proposed construction of an earth banked slurry lagoon and associated landscaping.
36233
2024 Approved
Proposed new agricultural building 15m long x 13m wide x 5m high (max) 4m high to eaves t…
36223
2024 Approved
Proposed new agricultural building 15m long x 13m wide x 5m high (max) 4m high to eaves t…
36223
2022 Approved
Removal of existing storage building and construction of steel frame building to accommod…
34241
2022 Approved
Removal of existing storage building and construction of steel frame building to accommod…
34241
2019 Approved
Construction of hardcore agricultural track.
31846
2019 Approved
Construction of hardcore agricultural track.
31846
2019 Approved
Construction of circular, post-tensioned, Agritank slurry store 5m high x 29m diameter.
30715
2019 Approved
Construction of circular, post-tensioned, Agritank slurry store 5m high x 29m diameter.
30715
2016 Approved
Extension to existing livestock building to form straw/machinery store and dry manure sto…
27926
2016 Approved
Extension to existing livestock building to form straw/machinery store and dry manure sto…
27926
2016 Refused
Extension to existing livestock building to form straw/machinery store and dry manure sto…
27670
2016 Refused
Extension to existing livestock building to form straw/machinery store and dry manure sto…
27670
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of two agricultural outbuildings and replacement with a new office building in…
30791
2019 Approved
Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of two agricultural outbuildings and replacement with a new office building in…
30791
2019 Approved
Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of two agricultural outbuildings and replacement with a new office building in…
30792
2019 Approved
Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of two agricultural outbuildings and replacement with a new office building in…
30792
2017 Approved
Redundant farm building and land at the rear of Richard Turner and Son Ltd Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of redundant farm building and conversion of farm building adjoining existing…
28975
2017 Approved
Redundant farm building and land at the rear of Richard Turner and Son Ltd Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of redundant farm building and conversion of farm building adjoining existing…
28974
2017 Approved
Redundant farm building and land at the rear of Richard Turner and Son Ltd Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of redundant farm building and conversion of farm building adjoining existing…
28975
2017 Approved
Redundant farm building and land at the rear of Richard Turner and Son Ltd Old Sawley Grange Gisburn Rd Sawley BB7 4LQ
Demolition of redundant farm building and conversion of farm building adjoining existing…
28974
Ribble Valley
Planning Authority Score
3.4/10
Poor
#222 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Ribble Valley is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #212 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Ribble Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #241 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #179 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #212 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #194 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
58 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
59%
Change of use approved
51 decided
520
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings