Higher Elker Farm Whalley Road Billington BB7 9HY

1. 10 Oct 2024

   Received by Ribble Valley

2. 24 Oct 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 4 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

4. 14 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

More on full applications applications in our guide

• Higher Elker Lodge Whalley Road Billington BB7 9HY

  38667 Submitted 30 Jul 2026 63m away

  Proposed two storey extension.

  Withdrawn Full applications Extension

• Land off Elker Lane Billington

  35756 Submitted 18 Sep 2023 238m away

  Outline application for the development of a Class C2 Continuing Care retirement community.

  Refused Outline 62 docs

• Foxfields Country Hotel Whalley Road Billington BB7 9HY

  38426 Submitted 1 May 2026 329m away

  Proposed erection of three no. single-storey leisure facility buildings within the hotel grounds.

  Granted Full applications 23 docs
  Small domestic

• 89 Pasturelands Drive Billington BB7 9LW

  34670 Submitted 31 Aug 2022 346m away

  Extension to existing rear dormer and installation of new front dormer.

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 4 docs

• 149 Pasturelands Drive Billington Clitheroe BB7 9LJ

  38307 Submitted 23 Mar 2026 372m away

  Proposed front and rear dormer conversion

  Granted Full applications Loft or dormer 11 docs

• Colliers Farm Whalley Old Road Billington BB7 9LF

  38440 Submitted 7 May 2026 495m away

  Proposed single-storey extension to rear to form WC/shower room and utility/boot room.

  Withdrawn Full applications Extension
  Small domestic

• 38602 Granted

  Forty Acre Farm Forty Acre Lane Longridge PR3 2TU

  Retrospective planning permission for proposed re-surfacing of existing hardstanding within farm yards

  9 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 38585 Granted

  41 Dogwood Lane Barrow BB7 9GG

  Proposed part conversion of the integral garage to a habitable room and associated external alterations.

  1 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 38300 Refused

  Land at Albany Drive Copster Green BB1 9EH

  Proposed erection of 26 affordable dwellings with associated access, gardens, parking and landscaping.

  18 Mar 2026 Full applications
• 38534 Granted

  16 Hayhurst Road Whalley BB7 9RL

  Proposed single-storey side extension, alterations to the south and west elevations including the removal of timber boarding and new k-rend finish.

  12 Jun 2026 Full applications
• 37989 Granted

  Bromiley Ribchester Road Clayton le Dale BB1 9EG

  Proposed demolition of a detached 4-bed dwelling and erection of one self-build detached four-bed dwelling.

  12 Nov 2025 Full applications