Harwood Edge Farm, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, Lancashire, BB1 4AH Data via plota.co.uk

11/26/0378 - Full Planning Application REGISTERED: Under Consultation
Solar & renewablesUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Full: Installation of 128 ground mounted solar panels with associated underground cabling to the dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Nov 2026, from Hyndburn's recent full applications. Comments are open until 2 Oct 2026.

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Documents 1

Plans & drawings 1

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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.
Public footpath 12 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: Lowland fens
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 352 m away: Harper Clough and Smalley Delph Quarries SSSI; Priority habitat 12 m away: Lowland fens; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
BB1 4AH
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
11 Sept 2026
Case officer
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Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Hyndburn usually decides full applications by day 52.

Day 452 days to the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
66%approved
35decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
11 Sept 2026
Comments by
2 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Dunscar Farm Cottage, Wilpshire Road, Lancashire,BB1 4AH
Discharge of Conditions: 3 (Highway Access Scheme) and 4 (Swallow Nesting Scheme) of Plan…
11/24/0164
2024 Approved
Dunscar Farm Cottage, Wilpshire Road, Lancashire,BB1 4AH
Discharge of Conditions: 3 (Highway Access Scheme) and 4 (Swallow Nesting Scheme) of Plan…
11/24/0164
2021 Approved
Dunscar Farm Cottage Wilpshire Road Rishton BB1 4AH
Full: Removal of Condition 8 of the planning permission 11/07/0536 to allow the change of…
11/21/0117
2022 Approved
Dunscar Farm Cottage, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, BB1 4AH
Full: Development of agricultural building
11/22/0014
2022 Approved
Dunscar Farm Cottage, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, BB1 4AH
Full: Development of agricultural building
11/22/0014
2016
HARWOOD EDGE BARN WILPSHIRE ROAD RISHTON BB1 4AH
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND DIVERSION OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
11/16/0505
2016
HARWOOD EDGE BARN WILPSHIRE ROAD RISHTON BB1 4AH
ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR AND DIVERSION OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
11/16/0505
2016 Approved
HARWOOD EDGE BARN WILPSHIRE ROAD RISHTON LANCS BB1 4AH
CHANGE OF USE OF COMMERCIAL PREMISES TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ERECTION OF…
11/16/0135
2016 Approved
HARWOOD EDGE BARN WILPSHIRE ROAD RISHTON LANCS BB1 4AH
CHANGE OF USE OF COMMERCIAL PREMISES TO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ERECTION OF…
11/16/0135
2016
PINE LODGE FARM WILPSHIRE ROAD RISHTON LANCS BB1 4AH
ERECTION OF AGRICULTURAL COVERED MIDDEN.
11/16/0026
2016
PINE LODGE FARM WILPSHIRE ROAD RISHTON LANCS BB1 4AH
ERECTION OF AGRICULTURAL COVERED MIDDEN.
11/16/0026
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
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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