Wavell House Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0423 - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

External alterations to the facade including new windows and doors Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 07:32

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Application progress

✓

Received

21 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 16 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Dec 2026 and 28 Dec 2026, from Rossendale's recent extensions.

Documents 11

Statements & assessments 1

PDF WAVELL HOUSE HELMSHORE - EXTERNAL WORKS PLANNING STATEMENT Report · 21 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 21 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Also on the record

Scheduled monument 194 m away: Higher Mill, Helmshore; Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Haslingden built-up area; Flood defence 44 m away (wall); 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

Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 27 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
Received: 21 Oct 2026
Validated: 21 Oct 2026
Ward: Helmshore
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Rossendale usually decides extensions by day 63.

prediction

Day 756 days to the predicted decision (day 63)

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 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15305385
Planning Portal ref: PP-15305385
Statutory expiry: 16 Dec 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

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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