Meadow Top Farm Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LP Data via plota.co.uk

26/0344/HHO - Householder Approved

Proposal

Full: Demolition of existing stables, extension of the existing hardstanding area and erection of a detached garage with carport. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
23 May 2026
Validated
19 Jun 2026
Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Committee Barrowford · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Forest Of Bowland National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath 8 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 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 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
Pendle
Application type
Householder
Postcode
BB12 9LP
Received
23 May 2026
Validated
19 Jun 2026
Ward
Barrowford & Pendleside
Parish
Goldshaw Booth Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Committee Barrowford
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 83 days from validation, 33 days slower than Pendle's median of 50 for demolitions. Approved, as 85% of demolitions here are.

81%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
26decided in the last year

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Pendle in the last twelve months, from validation. Pendle decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14959088
Neighbours
22 Jun 2026
Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026
Committee
9 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Pendle
Planning Authority Score
4.7/10
Below average
#166 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Pendle ranks #153 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Pendle decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #175 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #234 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #153 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #89 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
95 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
20 decided
441
Total decisions
58 refused in the year to March 2026