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25/0144/OUT - Outline Application Deferred at committee

Deferred at planning committee on 18 November 2025. No decision has been made yet.

Proposal

Outline (Major): Erection of 84 dwellings (Access, Appearance, Layout and Scale only) including open space and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 22 Oct 2026, 09:39

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Application progress

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Received

28 Feb 2025

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Validated

3 Jul 2025

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Committee

18 Nov 2025

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Consultation

11 Aug 2026

Decision

Not decided yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 1 Sept 2026; it is now day 482.

The consultation period closed on 1 Sept 2026.

Planning committee

Deferred by Pendle Development Management Committee on 18 Nov 2025.

Deferred

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

A flood authority maintained its objection over surface water drainage, while amended plans resolved earlier privacy concerns for some plots.
Members agreed to defer the application to resolve the flood authority's objection, consult the Environment Agency, and consider highway contribution requests.

Source: Plota analysis of Pendle's committee minutes, Pendle Development Management Committee minutes, 18 November 2025 .

Documents 180

Statements & assessments 32

PDF NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (AUGUST 2026) STATEMENT Technical Report · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF LCC - LEAD FLOOD AUTH COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 24286-CAL-C-0001 P09 DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS Technical Report · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DR-C-0100 P9 PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY Plans · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Technical Report · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 24286-FRA-001 REV G FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Technical Report · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FLUVIAL FLOOD RISK MODELLING REPORT Technical Report · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Environmental Report · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF REV B DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT Technical Report · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Environmental Report · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DR-C-0100 P8 PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY Plans · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Environmental Report · 3 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF DR-C-0100 P7 PROPOSED DRAINAGE STRATEGY Amended Plans · 3 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF LANCASHIRE FLOOD RISK COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 2 Apr 2025 View ↗ IMG PHASE 1 HABITAT SURVEY Plans · 13 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF 21223-DR-C 0105 DRAINAGE PLAN - EXISTING Plans · 7 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS Technical Report · 7 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF 24286-DR-C 0100 P4 DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN - PROPOSED Plans · 7 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF 24286-DR-C 0104 SURFACE WATER FLOODING PLAN Plans · 7 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF BNG METRICS Other · 7 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF CAD000 EG REVA TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY PLAN Plans · 7 Mar 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Technical Report · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗

PDF TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Transport · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Technical Report · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRASIAL AND BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Environmental Report · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Environmental Report · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Environmental Report · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Technical Report · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 53

Application forms 3

PDF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE Application Form · 3 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 Application Form · 3 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 28 Feb 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 80

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 15 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: Pendle
Application type: Outline Application
Received: 28 Feb 2025
Validated: 3 Jul 2025
Ward: Barnoldswick
Parish: Barnoldswick Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Jun 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 482, past the statutory target. 63% of outline applications in Pendle are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 22 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 482391 days past the 91-day target

42%decided within 8 weeks

59%approved

12%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Pendle to go on. Pendle decision record →

Public comments

16comments received

15 objecting1 neutral

94% object · above the UK average of 74%

25 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13803954
Planning Portal ref: PP-13803954
Neighbours: 20 Mar 2025
Consultation: 11 Aug 2026
Comments by: 1 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 2 Apr 2025
Statutory expiry: 2 Oct 2025
Env. assessment: No

Pendle

Planning Authority Score

4.7/10

Below average

#166 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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