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2026/0142 - Variation of Condition Approved

Proposal

S.73 Application: variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning appeal decision APP/, to enable house type alterations to plots 39, 41, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 55. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2026
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Validated
7 May 2026
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Consultation
21 May 2026
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Committee
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
24 Jun 2026

Approved on 24 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 23 Jun 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Members asked about the number of bedrooms on the affected plots and the impact on wildlife, and were told highways had no objection.
  • A proposal was moved and seconded to grant permission in line with the officer's recommendation, subject to conditions and an existing legal agreement.
  • The committee voted unanimously, 7 for and none against, to grant planning permission subject to conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 23 June 2026 .

Documents 20

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 2 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Article 4 direction
Immediate Article 4 Direction for small Houses in Multiple Occupation. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Bacup built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Rossendale
Application type
Variation of Condition
Postcode
OL13
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Ward
Britannia And Lee Mill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
24 Jun 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14866309
Neighbours
21 May 2026
Consultation
21 May 2026
Comments by
11 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
21 May 2026
Committee
23 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Rossendale
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#293 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Rossendale is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #287 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 75% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Rossendale decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #197 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #222 of 296
27%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #287 of 296
75%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #293 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
34 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
59%
Change of use approved
17 decided
231
Total decisions
33 refused in the year to March 2026