Planning appeal decision
Woodfold Park Stud, Mellor, BB2 7QA
Planning appeal 3318179 at Woodfold Park Stud, Mellor, BB2 7QA (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 August 2023 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations.
Conversion of former stud farm stables to form part of residential dwelling and extensions to existing property
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- BB2 7QA
What decided it
The applicant failed to demonstrate that the Council behaved unreasonably in a way that caused unnecessary or wasted expense in the appeal process, as required by the Planning Practice Guidance for a costs award.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS Policy DMH4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 38
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Ribble Valley
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed7 October 20266011996Longworth House, Higher Ramsgreave Road, Ramsgreave, BB1 9DJ
- Dismissed1 April 20223290570Loft Shay Farm, Clitheroe Road, Ribchester, PR3 2YQ
- Dismissed30 September 20266009649Land on the East Side of Hole House Lane, Tosside, Clitheroe, BB7 4TS
- Dismissed25 September 20266009990Land to the South of Park Farm, Whalley, Wiswell, BB7 9LB
- Dismissed24 September 20266009691Land, Land off Shire Lane (Adj Shire Lane House), Hurst Green, BB7 9QR
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®