Land To North Of Doals Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Permission in Principle (Stage 1): Proposed between 3 and 9 No. houses Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Sept 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 23 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 2 Sept 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Officers recommended approving the permission in principle application, which the committee followed.
- A supporter spoke in favour, and members discussed the permission in principle process.
- Members voted 7 to 0 to approve the application.
Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 2 September 2025 .
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 5
Site constraints 8
Checked on 23 October 2026. 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Rossendale
- Application type
- Permission in Principle
- Postcode
- OL13 8QR
- Received
- 30 Apr 2025
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Bacup
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Hartley Planning & Development Associates
How this decision compares
Decided in 86 days from validation, 18 days slower than Rossendale's median of 68 for outline applications. Approved, as 59% of outline applications here are.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Rossendale to go on. Rossendale decision record →
Public comments
75% object · above the UK average of 74%
13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 9 Jun 2025
- Consultation
- 1 Jul 2025
- Comments by
- 15 Jul 2025
- Committee
- 2 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 14 Jul 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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