Phase 2, Land East Of Spinney Close, Whalley, Clitheroe
- Land size
- 3.5 acres
Key Features
- Potential development opportunity in highly desirable location
- Excellent range of amenities close by including Oakhill school and Leisure
- Highly accessible within walking distance of Whalley railway station
- Within the defined settlement of Whalley and adjacent to new build housing
Description
The site is irregular in shape but broadly rectangular and extends to approximately 1.42 hectares (3.5 acres) being generally level in nature with hedge/tree lined boundaries. Access is provide from a private roadway which is anticipated to be adopted in due course.
The site lies within the defined settlement of Whalley, one of the three Principal Settlements in the Ribble Valley Core Strategy.
Pre-application advice was sought from Ribble Valley Borough Council in December 2021 for 15 large detached homes. This reflected the owner's aspiration at the time for a scheme similar in scale and density to the adjoining executive development at The Oaks, which has since been delivered, rather than the capacity of the site. In our view the land offers scope for a greater number of dwellings, subject to planning. The meeting with the case officer was constructive. The matters raised were open space provision and affordable housing. No formal written response was issued.
The planning context has moved on considerably since then:
Housing need: the Core Strategy (2008 to 2028) is more than five years old, so housing need is now assessed using the Government's standard method. Following the December 2024 NPPF this more than doubled the Borough's annual requirement, from 130 to over 300 dwellings.
Housing land supply: the Council's published position is a supply of 2.24 years as at 31 March 2026, against the five years required.
New NPPF: in any event, the revised NPPF published in August 2026 introduces a national policy that development within settlements should be approved unless the adverse effects would substantially outweigh the benefits. It also gives very limited weight to local plan policies that are materially inconsistent with national policy.
Given the time that has passed a fresh pre-application enquiry would be required. This information is provided for guidance only and gives no assurance that planning permission will be granted. Interested parties must make their own enquiries of the local planning authority Ribble Valley Borough Council (
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-22
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Whalley Church of England Primary School799 metresOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 315
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Barrow URC Primary School1.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 206
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- United Reformed Church
- Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 307
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Read St John's CofE Primary School2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 201
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 69
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,117
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Ribblesdale School2.9 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,437
- Type
- Community school
- Clitheroe Royal Grammar School3.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,496
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Hyndburn Academy3.9 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 641
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Shuttleworth College4.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,072
- Type
- Foundation school
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 20 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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