BAE Systems Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF

1. 6 Mar 2026

   Received by Ribble Valley

2. 15 Apr 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 3 Jun 2026

   Decision issued: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

4. 27 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.

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

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  32789 Submitted 26 Feb 2021 0m away

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  Granted Other 2 docs

• Advanced Manufacturing Facility Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF

  07/2019/12212/LDO Submitted 20 Nov 2019 0m away

  The Lancashire Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Enterprise Zone (Samlesbury) Local Development Order No 2 (2014) (LDO): Prior Notification of Development for advanced manufacturing and research centre North West

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• Advanced Manufacturing Facility Samlesbury Aerodrome Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7LF

  07/2019/11720/LDO Submitted 7 Nov 2019 0m away

  The Lancashire Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Enterprise Zone (Samlesbury) Local Development Order No 2 (2014) (LDO): Prior Notification of Development of the installation of utilities

  Granted 6 docs

• Advanced Manufacturing Facility, Samlesbury Aerodrome, Myerscough Smithy Road, Balderstone, Blackburn, BB2 7LF

  32576 Submitted 5 Jan 2021 0m away

  Consultation on South Ribble Borough Council application 07/2021/00004/LDO to provide temporary welfare facilities. Viewable via South Ribble website https://publicaccess.southribble.gov.uk/online-applications

  Granted Other

• Samlesbury Aerodrome BAE Systems Operations Ltd Myerscough Smithy Road Balderstone BB2 7LF

  38483 Submitted 20 May 2026 227m away

  Approval of details reserved by conditions 7 (SW drainage), 8 (construction SW management) and 11 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission 3/2025/0852.

  Granted Conditions 18 docs

• 38276 Granted

  Bridge End Farm Wood House Lane Slaidburn BB7 3AH

  Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (joinery details), 7 (roof light details), 9 (rainwater/wastewater goods), 10 (replacement flooring), 11 (internal partition walls), 12 (making good exposed area) of listed building consent 3/2023/0288.

  11 Mar 2026 Conditions
• 38275 Granted

  Bridge End Farm Wood House Lane Slaidburn BB7 3AH

  Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (joinery details) and 4 (roof light details) of planning permission 3/2023/0287.

  11 Mar 2026 Conditions
• 38656 Granted

  Land at Lower Standen Hey Farm Whalley Road Pendleton BB7 1PP

  Approval of details reserved by condition 7 (Surface Water), 8 (Storage of manure) and 9 (Biodiveristy Gain Plan) on planning permission 3/2026/0264.

  28 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 38610 Granted

  Marl Hill Section. From land northwest of New Laithe Farm off the B6478 Slaidburn Road; and land north of Cross Lane, near Sandy Ford Brook, off the B6478 Slaidburn Road with highway mitigation works at various locations.

  Approval of part of details reserved by condition 17 (vegetation clearance for works at the temporary River Ribble crossing and associated haul road and compounds) of planning permission 3/2021/0661.

  10 Jul 2026 Conditions
• 38550 Granted

  Bowland Section. From land near the convergence of the Hornby Road, the Roman Road and Shooters Clough to land west of Newton in Bowland; with highway works at various locations.

  Approval of details reserved by condition 17 (vegetation clearance Ribble Crossing Compound) from planning permission 3/2021/0660.

  22 Jun 2026 Conditions