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

2026/0176 - Prior App COU from commercial to dwellin Pending Consideration

Proposal

Prior Approval: Change of use of 1st floor from offices to 5 no apartments (3 no. 1 bedroom, 2 no. 2 bedroom) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 May 2026
✓
Validated
8 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 123.

The consultation period closed on 13 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
Radon affected area, class 3; Flood defence 14 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Coalfield, development low risk area; 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 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

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Important details

Council
Rossendale
Application type
Prior App COU from commercial to dwellin
Postcode
BB4 8BA
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Goodshaw And Cribden
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hartley Planning & Development Associates

Decision outlook

Day 123, past the statutory target. 84% of changes of use in Rossendale are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Oct 2026.

Day 12367 days past the 56-day target
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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 5 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
10 Jun 2026
Consultation
10 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
22 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
3 Aug 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