21 St James Street Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7HN Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0324 - Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness Pending Consideration
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Replacement of front door, rear barn door and five windows, with a change of colour from mahogany to chartwell Green. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Nov 2026 and 29 Nov 2026, from Rossendale's recent extensions.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN STATEMENT Design & Access Statement · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Drawing · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF PHOTOGRAPHS OF PROPERTY Photo · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Waterfoot Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Protected tree 10 m away: The Borough of Rossendale (Land at 570 Bacup Road, Waterfoot) -, order T2-98
Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
Tree record ↗
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Church of St James the Great, Grade II, 48 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Flood defence 3 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Rawtenstall built-up area; Priority habitat 17 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
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £44,500 in December 2001. Terraced house, leasehold.

21 December 2001£44,500
11 June 1999£38,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area117 m² (1,259 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (42 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyEnd-terrace house, 5 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Rossendale
Application type
Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness
Postcode
BB4 7HN
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
22 Sept 2026
Ward
Hareholme And Waterfoot
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Rossendale usually decides extensions by day 63.

Day 1746 days to the predicted decision (day 63)
41%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
87decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Rossendale
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#293 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.