11 Healey Hall Farm Shawclough Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 7HA Data via plota.co.uk

2025/0420 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Full: Alterations to the front roof slope to provide 5nr velux sun tunnels and 1nr velux roof light Alterations to the rear roof slope to provide 4nr velux roof lights together with a bank of solar pv roof panels Roof tiles to be stripped and roof recovered using artificial interlocking roof slates. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Oct 2025
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Consultation
14 Jan 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026

Approved on 20 May 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 19 May 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • Members discussed removing a heat pump from the scheme because of its proximity to a ground floor window, objections received, and permitted development rights.
  • A proposal was moved and seconded to approve in line with the officer's recommendation, subject to conditions including a sample of the roofing tiles.
  • The committee voted unanimously, 7 for and none against, to approve planning permission subject to conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 19 May 2026 .

Documents 28

Consultation & comments 14

PDF GROWTH LANCASHIRE FURTHER CORRESPONDANCE Consultee Comment · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF GROWTH LANCASHIRE - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 25 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Jan 2026 View ↗
IMG Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Jan 2026 View ↗
IMG Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF LCC HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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.
Local nature reserve 33 m away: Healey Dell
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Healey Hall, Grade II, 59 m away · 2 Grade II
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.
Show all 2 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Inside the Rochdale built-up area; Priority habitat 21 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 10 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 4

Last sold for £225,000 in October 2021. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

11 October 2021£225,000
13 May 2004£220,000
5 December 2002£200,000
29 September 1995£80,000New build

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

Building

Floor area137 m² (1,475 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (60 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached flat, 4 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2021, 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
Full Application
Postcode
OL12 7HA
Received
21 Oct 2025
Validated
21 Oct 2025
Ward
Whitworth
Parish
Whitworth Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 May 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
20 May 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
AJ COCKER ASSOCIATES

How this decision compares

Decided in 211 days from validation, 127 days slower than Rossendale's median of 84 for full applications. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

23%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
17%go to committee

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

Public comments

3comments received
2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14415879
Planning Portal ref
PP-14415879
Neighbours
26 Nov 2025
Consultation
14 Jan 2026
Comments by
4 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
19 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Dec 2025
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

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.