42 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS Data via plota.co.uk
2026/0323 - Non-Material Amendment
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Proposal
Amendment to increase length of garage by 1 metres to the rear Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
12 Aug 2026
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Validated
3 Sept 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026
Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Site constraints 11
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.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 228 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.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
Public footpath 28 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project: Calderdale Energy Park, at pre-application; Tree preservation order 19 m away: The Borough of Rossendale (Tonacliffe Road No.1) TPO 1981 - Area consisting several sycamore, mountain, ash, birch, beech, holly, cypress, maple and gean trees; Inside the Whitworth built-up area; Green belt 61 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; 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 listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 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
- Non-Material Amendment
- Postcode
- OL12 8SS
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 3 Sept 2026
- Ward
- Whitworth
- Parish
- Whitworth Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 1 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 18 Sept 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Hartley Planning & Development Associates
How this decision compares
Decided in 15 days from validation, 48 days faster than Rossendale's median of 63 for extensions. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.
This one15d
Council63d
UK55d
40%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
89decided 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 24 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
8 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: First floor side extension with extended loft conversion.
2025
Approved
8 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: First floor side extension with extended loft conversion.
2024
Approved
42 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Erection of a side extension to form a domestic garage
2024
Approved
42 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Erection of a side extension to form a domestic garage
2024
Approved
42 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Demolition of domestic outbuilding and construction of a detached dwelling
2024
Refused
55 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Householder: Single storey bungalow extension with front and rear dormers with balcony to…
2024
Approved
42 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Demolition of domestic outbuilding and construction of a detached dwelling
2024
Refused
55 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Householder: Single storey bungalow extension with front and rear dormers with balcony to…
2023
Refused
55 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Householder: Single storey side extension with front and rear dormers and balcony to the…
2023
Refused
55 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Householder: Single storey side extension with front and rear dormers and balcony to the…
2023
Approved
24 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Lawful Development Certificate: Single storey rear extension and front porch
2023
Approved
24 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Lawful Development Certificate: Single storey rear extension and front porch
2022
Approved
6 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: First Floor build over extension and introduction of 2 front pike dormers
2022
Approved
6 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: First Floor build over extension and introduction of 2 front pike dormers
2022
Approved
Land To The West And South Of 54 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Full: Erection of 1 no. 2 bedroom dwelling
2022
Approved
Land To The West And South Of 54 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Full: Erection of 1 no. 2 bedroom dwelling
2020
Approved
40 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Full: Erection of 1 detached dwelling
2020
Approved
40 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Full: Erection of 1 detached dwelling
2020
Approved
39 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: Extension to existing garage to accommodate a ground floor yoga studio and a…
2020
Approved
39 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: Extension to existing garage to accommodate a ground floor yoga studio and a…
2019
Approved
10 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Householder: Conversion of garage with first floor side extension above, insertion of 4 f…
2018
Approved
40 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Outline application (including access, layout, landscaping and scale) for 4no dwellings
2018
Approved
40 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Outline application (including access, layout, landscaping and scale) for 4no dwellings
2017
Refused
Land Adjacent To Market Street West Of 40 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth OL12 8SS
Outline application (including access, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of…
2017
Refused
Land Adjacent To Market Street West Of 40 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth OL12 8SS
Outline application (including access, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of…
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.
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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
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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