Land Off Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8NA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Permission in Principle for the development of between 5 and 9 residential dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 21 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Rossendale Development Control Committee on 20 Jan 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- A councillor spoke on the application.
- Members were told wildlife protection, the footpath through the site, and an arboricultural assessment would all be considered at a later technical details stage, with no scope for conditions at this point.
- The committee voted unanimously, 7 for and none against, to approve planning permission.
Source: Plota analysis of Rossendale's committee minutes, Rossendale Development Control Committee minutes, 20 January 2026 .
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 6
Site constraints 8
Checked on 12 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
- Permission in Principle
- Postcode
- OL12 8LR
- Received
- 8 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 29 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Whitworth
- Parish
- Whitworth Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 21 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 114 days from validation, 46 days slower than Rossendale's median of 68 for outline applications. Approved, as 59% of outline applications here are.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Rossendale to go on. Rossendale decision record →
Public comments
100% object · above the UK average of 74%
31 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 2 Oct 2025
- Consultation
- 2 Oct 2025
- Comments by
- 7 Nov 2025
- Site or press notice
- 17 Oct 2025
- Committee
- 20 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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