Cappers Farm Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LR Data via plota.co.uk

25/0845/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Full: Erection of a menage with fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Dec 2025
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Validated
17 Dec 2025
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Consultation
5 Jan 2026
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Approved
11 Mar 2026

Approved on 11 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

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 16 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. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,175,000 in August 2021. Other property, freehold.

18 August 2021£1,175,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area386 m² (4,155 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (55 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil, Room heaters, electric
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Pendle
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
BB12 9LR
Received
16 Dec 2025
Validated
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Barrowford & Pendleside
Parish
Goldshaw Booth Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Approved with Conditions
Decision date
11 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Judith Douglas

How this decision compares

Decided in 84 days from validation, 33 days slower than Pendle's median of 51 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
12%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
18 Dec 2025
Consultation
5 Jan 2026
Comments by
26 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Feb 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.