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3/2026/0594 - Application for tree works Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree works to Horse Chestnut - Reduction of limbs overhanging into the garden of 21 Elbow Wood Drive. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
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Validated
3 Sept 2026
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Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Barrow (Ribble Valley) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Ribble Valley
Application type
Application for tree works
Postcode
BB7 9ZD
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Decision
APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
Decision date
4 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 1 days from validation, 20 days faster than Ribble Valley's median of 21 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
77decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Ribble Valley in the last twelve months, from validation. Ribble Valley decision record →

Historical activity at this location

15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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4 Park Farm View Barrow BB7 9YS
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
3 Park Farm View Barrow BB7 9YS
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2023 Approved
3 Park Farm View Barrow BB7 9YS
Proposed single storey rear extension.
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2022 Approved
18 Elbow Wood Drive Barrow Clitheroe BB7 9ZD
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2022 Approved
18 Elbow Wood Drive Barrow Clitheroe BB7 9ZD
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34925
2022 Approved
Elbow Wood Drive Barrow BB7 9ZD
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34323
2022 Approved
Elbow Wood Drive Barrow BB7 9ZD
T1 Horse Chestnut (located on farmland in a hedgerow adjacent to Elbow Wood Drive) to dea…
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2021 Approved
15 Elbow Wood Drive Barrow BB7 9ZD
Proposed porch extension to rear.
32764
2020 Approved
21 Elbow Wood Drive Barrow BB7 9ZD
Single storey extension to rear.
31964
2020 Approved
21 Elbow Wood Drive Barrow BB7 9ZD
Single storey extension to rear.
31964
2019 Approved
The Orchard (Former Hanson Garden Centre) Elbow Wood Drive BB7 9ZD
Prune selective branched of Ash (T5) to allow construction of plot 1
30961
2019 Approved
The Orchard (Former Hanson Garden Centre) Elbow Wood Drive BB7 9ZD
Prune selective branched of Ash (T5) to allow construction of plot 1
30961
2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
3 Elbow Wood Drive Barrow BB7 9ZD
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Ribble Valley
Planning Authority Score
3.4/10
Poor
#222 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
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Ribble Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #241 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #179 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #212 of 296
45%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #194 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
58 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
59%
Change of use approved
51 decided
520
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings