An application to build five four-bedroom detached houses with 15 car parking spaces on land previously approved for development has been thrown out by the council.

Foster Building Contractors Ltd submitted plans to Pendle Council on January 23 asking to amend previous applications for building on land at Green Meadow in Trawden.

A planning statement lodged alongside the application reads: “In 2013 planning permission was granted for six houses on part of this site, two of which have been built and therefore that permission is extant.

“In 2016 a revised scheme for the rest of the site incorporating an additional strip of land to increase the overall number of dwellings to seven was approved at appeal. That permission expired in 2019.

“An application was submitted in 2019, which was essentially identical to the permission previously granted at appeal.

“The proposed houses were in two pairs of semi-detached houses of and one detached house. The houses would be laid out in a cul-de-sac extending from the existing hammer head at the end of Green Meadow.

“The proposed houses would be constructed from coursed natural stone with natural blue slate roofing and timber fenestration. This application was approved on January 27 2020.

“This application seeks to amend the previous application to provide five detached dwellings in a cul-de-sac extending from the existing hammer head at the end of Green Meadow.”

The application stated that the proposed houses are of simple design, with some differences from the previously approved houses.

Two objections were raised citing concerns over increased traffic in the area and Pendle Council formally refused the application on April 4.