PROTECT WHALLEY’S LAST GREEN SPACES

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  Planning Application No: 3/2025/0588

  We need your help to save our village!

  A new planning application proposes building 77 flats and homes on the peaceful field behind Clitheroe Road – one of the last open spaces in our village. This development would bring more traffic, strain our GPs and schools, and destroy vital wildlife habitat. Whalley is already at breaking point. We’re calling on all residents to stand together and raise your voice before it’s too late.

  TAKE ACTION

We have seen a fantastic response from our community and would wish to extend gratitude to everyone who has contributed their thoughts and actions. Having assessed the many many reasons for objections the findings are as follows;

The proposed 77-dwelling development is unsustainable, disproportionate, and in direct conflict with the Ribble Valley Core Strategy and the NPPF. It lies outside the settlement boundary on unallocated land, contrary to policies DS1, DMG2 and DMH3. It would erode the vital green gap between Whalley and Barrow, harm the habitats of protected spices, whilst upsetting nearby heritage assets and overwhelm already overstretched local infrastructure. The application fails to address well-documented flooding and highways dangers at the A59 underpass, provides incomplete ecological and arboricultural evidence, and omits any heritage assessment. With a demonstrable 6.2-year housing land supply, there is no justification for approving speculative development in this location. The harms — to landscape, wildlife, character, safety, infrastructure, and heritage — substantially outweigh any claimed benefits.