Sheephouse Fold Greens Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS Data via plota.co.uk

2025/0408 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Resubmission of previously refused application reference for change of use of existing detached garage to 3-bedroom dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Oct 2025
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Consultation
11 Nov 2025
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 1 Sept 2026.

Approved

Against officer advice, as the minutes record.

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

  • Members approved the application against the officer's recommendation, delegating planning conditions to the Head of Planning and the Chair of Committee.
  • A supporter spoke in favour of the application; the committee debated access, an existing private footpath and whether the location counted as isolated under national policy.
  • Members decided this was a conversion of an existing building, not a new dwelling, and voted seven to nil to approve it.
Read how the committee decided Why the committee went against officers and approved it.

Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes of 1 Sept 2026.

Documents 9

Statements & assessments 1

PDF C510-2 PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF 2023-63-01_A-436235 Drawing · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE_PLANS-436606 Drawing · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LCC PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY 2025 0408 OVERLAY Consultee Comment · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Support Comment · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF LCC HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

  • FullApproved2025/0408This application
    Resubmission of previously refused for change of use of existing detached garage to 3-bedroom dwelling
  • FullRefusedcouncil archive

Site constraints 7

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.
Public footpath 19 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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 5. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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
Radon affected area, class 4; SSSI 333 m away: Lee Quarry SSSI; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 10 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.

Building

Floor area171 m² (1,841 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (66 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached bungalow, 4 habitable rooms
Built2007 to 2011
HeatingBoiler and underfloor heating, LPG
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2023, 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
OL13 0JS
Received
13 Oct 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Britannia And Lee Mill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Macmarshalls Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 358 days from validation, 274 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

1comment received
1 supporting

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14400215
Planning Portal ref
PP-14400215
Neighbours
11 Nov 2025
Consultation
11 Nov 2025
Comments by
19 Dec 2026
Site or press notice
28 Nov 2026
Committee
1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

24 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Refused
Change of Use of existing detached garage to 3 Bedroom Dwelling
2024/0013
2024 Refused
Change of Use of existing detached garage to 3 Bedroom Dwelling
2024/0013
2021 Approved
Full: Erection of detached garage
2021/0243
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
7 Law Head Farm Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Full: agricultural building, manege and glamping pods (re submission 2021/0195)
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7 Law Head Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Full: Ménage, agricultural building, glamping pods and associated amenity block
2021/0195
2019 Approved
Sheephouse Farm Greens Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Change of use of existing stable block to 3 bedroom dwelling and associated landscaping
2019/0038
2019 Approved
Sheephouse Farm Greens Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Change of use of existing stable block to 3 bedroom dwelling and associated landscaping
2019/0038
2018 Approved
6 Law Head Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
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2018 Approved
6 Law Head Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Householder: Demolition of existing single storey side extension and erection of two stor…
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2017 Approved
6 Law Head Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Demoltion of existing single storey side extension and erection of single storey rear and…
2017/0088
2017 Approved
6 Law Head Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Demoltion of existing single storey side extension and erection of single storey rear and…
2017/0088
2016 Approved
Nicholas Folly Higher Greens Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Removal of existing dwelling, erection of new dwelling and extension of residential curti…
2016/0438
2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Rossendale
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#293 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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.