Harbour Lane, Hillock Lane & Land to North of Hillock Lane - Newfold Farm Browns Lane Ribby With Wrea Lancashire PR4 3PQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/0215 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Installation of underground electricity cable linking Newfold solar farm positioned to west of kirkham prison to bae systems via Hillock Lane and Harbour Lane (retrospective application). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2025
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Validated
30 Jun 2025
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Approved
8 Aug 2025

Approved on 8 Aug 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Nov 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1162 m away: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets; Inside the Ribby built-up area; Green belt about 40 m away: Blackpool; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 9 November 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 Planning Inspectorate 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
Fylde
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
PR4 3PQ
Received
31 Mar 2025
Validated
30 Jun 2025
Ward
Rural East Fylde, Warton, Wrea Green with Westby
Parish
Ribby with Wrea, Freckleton, Bryning with Warton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
8 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Locogen

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 35 days faster than Fylde's median of 74 for full applications. Approved, as 96% of full applications here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
9%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
30 Jun 2025
Comments by
25 Jul 2025
Site or press notice
4 Jul 2025
Fylde
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#130 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Fylde ranks #184 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Fylde decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #11 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #17 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #184 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #220 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
43 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
28 decided
422
Total decisions
16 refused in the year to March 2026