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2026/0291 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of an existing community centre to a dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:34

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Application progress

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Received

27 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

7 Aug 2026

✓

Approved

21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Sept 2026

Documents 12

Site constraints 11

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; Flood defence 23 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Green belt 17 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Inside the Bacup 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 · 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: Full Application
Postcode: OL13 0NP
Received: 27 Jul 2026
Validated: 27 Jul 2026
Ward: Whitewell And Stacksteads
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Sept 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 21 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: HNA Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days faster than Rossendale's median of 60 for changes of use. Approved, as 80% of changes of use here are.

This one56d

Council60d

UK56d

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.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 22 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15055890
Planning Portal ref: PP-15055890
Neighbours: 7 Aug 2026
Consultation: 7 Aug 2026
Comments by: 2 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 12 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

14A - 14B Glen Crescent Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0NP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1