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11/26/0427 - Observations to Neighbouring LPA FINAL DECISION APPLICATION DECISION - NO RESPONSE

Proposal

Observations to Neighbouring LPA: Construction and operation of 12 wind turbines with a maximum height to the tip of the blade of 180 metres (above ground level), together with associated ancillary infrastructure comprising crane pads and hardstandings; new access tracks; improvement and widening works to Scout Road; onsite substation; underground electrical infrastructure and cabling; fencing and boundary treatments; external lighting; drainage infrastructure; habitat and moorland restoration works; public right of way works; landscaping; temporary construction compound and staging area; underground electrical grid connection to the Rossendale Bulk Supply Point; and associated engineering works; alongside the retention of and improvements to existing access tracks associated with the existing Scout Moor Wind Farm. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

17 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Oct 2026 and 9 Nov 2026, from recent other across the UK.

Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

PDF SITE LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

Conservation area 9 m away: Christ Church

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

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 ↗

5 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Former Red Lion inn (104 Abbey Street), including 106 Abbey Street, Grade II, 58 m away · 5 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.

Show all 5 with distances

58 mFormer Red Lion inn (104 Abbey Street), including 106 Abbey StreetGrade II
58 mMagistrates Courts Police StationGrade II
78 mBarn at 1 and 3 Black Abbey Street and unnumbered barn adjoining the yard behind the former Red Lion innGrade II
90 mFire StationGrade II
100 m9 and 11 Black Abbey Street (including 1 Jacob Street) and associated boundary walls and setted accessGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Accrington built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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: Observations to Neighbouring LPA
Received: 17 Sept 2026
Validated: 17 Sept 2026
Case officer: Show
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide other by day 48.

prediction

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target

76%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

1,642decided in the last year

Plota live figures for other decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent other in Hyndburn to go on. Hyndburn decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 8 Oct 2026

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