Dog and Partridge pub in Chipping could become housing

A planning application has been submitted to convert the former Dog and Partridge Pub in Hesketh Lane, Chipping, into properties after it closed in 2018.

The site, in the Forest of Bowland, has sat vacant for five years but now developers hope to make it into a holiday destination while also providing housing.

A statement on the planning application reads: “The site features an existing large stone-built building that was formerly occupied as the Dog and Partridge public house.

“There are a number of existing outbuildings, including glasshouse storage space and to the east of the site is a large hard-surfaced car park which was previously used in association with the pub.

“The pub has been closed since 2018 which was as a result of it no longer representing a viable use for the site.”

The Dog and Partridge in Chipping has stood vacant since 2018 (Image: Google)

The former pub would house one three-bed home and four apartments, two two-bedroom and two one-bedroom, each with a living, dining and kitchen area, double bedrooms and a bathroom.

The internal layout of the four holiday units will also consist of a living/dining/kitchen area with two bedrooms and two bathrooms set over a single storey. The proposed conversion works will remain within the existing GIA of the building.

The holiday units would be at the back of the pub and would be individual one-storey flats, comprising of a living, dining and kitchen area with two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

There will be 18 car parking spaces and the building will be gated access.

The Dog and Partridge could be made into a house and six apartments (Image: Ribble Valley Council planning)

The developers have incorporated grassed areas and shrubs to provide a level of ‘outdoor amenity’ and ‘soften the visual impacts of a development from the area of natural beauty’.

A document included in the planning application said: “The proposed development contributes to the housing targets for Ribble Valley alongside a boost in the level of visitor accommodation provided within the borough.

“The proposed units will be in a well-connected area with other residential development located in the vicinity and would see the reuse of an existing property that contributes positively to the local area and has been vacant for nearly five years”.

This application comes just less than four years after a previous planning application was approved subject to a legal agreement to convert the restaurant into twelve apartments and four holiday lets.