35 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0218 - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness Withdrawn

Proposal

Proposed use of the dwellinghouse as a small residential care home (Use Class C2) providing care and accommodation for up to four children and young people supported by staff on a 24-hour rota basis Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jun 2026
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Consultation
17 Jun 2026
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Withdrawn
25 Jun 2026

Withdrawn on 25 Jun 2026 · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 10

Consultation & comments 5

PDF HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
IMG Objector’s name hidden Show Photo · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
IMG Objector’s name hidden Show Photo · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 1 Jan 1900 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Local nature reserve about 206 m away: Healey Dell
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Inside the Whitworth built-up area; Green belt about 65 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £269,500 in July 2014. Detached house, freehold.

8 July 2014£269,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area247 m² (2,659 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (78 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
Built2007 to 2011
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2016, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Rossendale
Application type
Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness
Postcode
OL12 8SS
Received
16 Jun 2026
Validated
16 Jun 2026
Ward
Whitworth
Parish
Whitworth Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Aug 2026
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15008343
Planning Portal ref
PP-15008343
Consultation
17 Jun 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Aug 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.