Former James Killelea & Co Ltd Stoneholme Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8BA Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of use of an existing industrial building to an indoor leisure and social facility. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Mar 2026
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Validated
17 Mar 2026
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Consultation
18 Mar 2026
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Committee
19 May 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026

Approved on 20 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 19 May 2026.

Approved

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

  • A supporter spoke in favour of the application before members voted.
  • A proposal to approve in line with the officer's recommendation was moved and seconded.
  • The committee voted unanimously, 7 for and none against, to approve planning permission subject to conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 19 May 2026 .

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Tree preservation order 19 m away: Lancashire County Council Tree Preservation Order 1954 No.4 - Woodland consisting sycamore, ash in plot 1523, 2153; Inside the Rawtenstall built-up area; Priority habitat 14 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
Full Application
Postcode
BB4 8BA
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
17 Mar 2026
Ward
Goodshaw And Cribden
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
20 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
JMead Architectural Consultants Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 4 days slower than Rossendale's median of 60 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

36%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
27decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Rossendale in the last twelve months, from validation. Rossendale decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14743432
Neighbours
18 Mar 2026
Consultation
18 Mar 2026
Comments by
8 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
1 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Rossendale
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#293 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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