Plans to create home for vulnerable children in Longridge turned down

Initial plans to turn a former old folks’ home into a care home for vulnerable children in Longridge have been turned down.

Associated Wellbeing, which is based in Darwen, submitted plans for the change of use for Alston Lodge, Lower Lane, Longridge.

The company said the home would ‘provide support to children and young people who are involved in the youth justice system or who are highly vulnerable to becoming involved if the right early help and intervention is not provided’.

However, the initial planning application was refused by Ribble Valley Council.

In its decision notice, the council stated: “An application for planning permission is required due to the
use being restricted to a rest home for the elderly and for no other use as indicated in Condition 2 of
planning permission ref: 3/1986/0236. A certificate of lawfulness is hereby refused having regard to Section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.”

Alston Lodge is identified as a non-designated heritage asset within the Longridge Neighbourhood Plan and sits in what is, mainly, a residential area.

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