Unit 7 Mitton Road Business Park Mitton Road Whalley BB7 9YE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Regularisation of change of use from Use Class B1(c) (light industrial uses-now use class E(g)(iii)) to that of Use Class E(c)(ii) (Hair Studio) including the retention of an existing mezzanine floor. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 30 May 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Ribble Valley Planning and Development on 29 May 2025.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the proposal would lose employment floorspace and introduce a main town-centre use outside a town centre.
- The parish council objected, while two letters raised concerns about traffic and business-park hours.
- The committee refused planning permission for the same employment-land and out-of-town retail-use reasons.
Source: Plota analysis of Ribble Valley's committee minutes of 29 May 2025.
Site constraints 4
Checked on 14 October 2026. 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
- Applications for full consent
- Postcode
- BB7 9YE
- Received
- 10 Dec 2024
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2025
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Decision date
- 30 May 2025
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 24 Mar 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002056 ↗
How this decision compares
Decided in 64 days from validation, 8 days slower than Ribble Valley's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 16% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Ribble Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Ribble Valley decision record →
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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