Albert Mill Albert Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8PJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Full application to re-route existing culverted section of River Spodden, with ancillary engineering works including the blocking up of an existing culvert, daylighting of river and reprofiling of site levels. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Dec 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 8 Dec 2025.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- A supporter spoke in favour of the application, and a councillor also spoke on it.
- Members discussed the depth of the newly daylighted river, boundary fencing, a quashed enforcement notice, and how taking the river out of its concrete culvert would benefit flood risk.
- The committee voted unanimously, 7 for and none against, to approve the application subject to conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 8 December 2025 .
Documents 22
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Other documents 5
Associated applications 2
Site constraints 10
Checked on 12 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £300,000 in May 2017. Other property, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Rossendale
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- OL12 8PJ
- Received
- 12 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 12 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Historic - Healey And Whitworth
- Parish
- Whitworth Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Agent
- Tetra Tech
How this decision compares
Decided in 88 days from validation, 4 days slower than Rossendale's median of 84 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Rossendale in the last twelve months, from validation. Rossendale decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
115 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14064246
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14064246
- Neighbours
- 1 Oct 2025
- Consultation
- 1 Oct 2025
- Comments by
- 11 Nov 2025
- Site or press notice
- 21 Oct 2025
- Committee
- 8 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 7 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
22 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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