Land At Meadows Mill Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from industrial site to outdoor education and leisure use, retention of four associated ancillary structures, and siting of new shipping container for use as an ancillary office (part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 27 Nov 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 22 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 7 Oct 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 noise nuisance and a possible amendment to the start and end times in condition 3.
- The committee voted unanimously, 7 for and none against, to be minded to grant permission, delegating a possible change to condition 3 to officers after further consultation.
Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 7 October 2025 .
Documents 6
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 2
Site constraints 7
Checked on 22 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
- Full Application
- Received
- 3 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Bacup
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 28 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Archtech Design Solutions
How this decision compares
Decided in 167 days from validation, 83 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
69% support · above the UK average of 16%
30 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 21 Aug 2025
- Consultation
- 21 Aug 2025
- Comments by
- 4 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 8 Aug 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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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