Former Old Cobblers Inn New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0329 - Advertisement Consent Pending Consideration

Proposal

Advertisement Consent: KFC Building Signage: 3No. KFC Lightboxes, 1No. Feeling Peckish? Sign, 1No. Kwench Vinyl, 1No. Neon Bucket Portal, 1No. KFC Bucket, 1No. Opening Hours Vinyl, 2No. Pull Vinyls, 1No. "HELLO RAWTENSTALL" Hanging Sign, 1No. KFC Delivery Vinyl, 1No. Finger Lickin' Good Sign, 1No. Finger Lickin' Good Vinyl. KFC Site Signage: 1No. Height Restrictor, 2No. Trafic Directional Signs, 1No. Wall Mounted Digital Leader Board, 2No. Wall Mounted Digital Double Menu Boards, 1No. Speaker Post, 1No. Banner Frame, 1No. Totem Sign. Starbucks Building Signage: 4No. Starbucks Roundels, 2No. Starbucks Letters. Starbucks Site Signage:2No. Traffic Directional Signs, 1No. Height Restrictor, 1No. Pre-Menu Board, 1No. Drive Thru Order Confirmation, 1No Menu Board, 1No. Monument Sign, 1No. Totem Sign Box Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
19 Aug 2026
✓
Consultation
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Oct 2026, from recent advertisement consent across the UK.

The consultation period closed on 16 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 6

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Chimney c20 metres East of Former Hardman's Mill, Grade II, 51 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
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Rawtenstall built-up area; 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Rossendale - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Rossendale
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Longholme
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 51 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide advertisement consent by day 55.

Day 515 days to the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
10,255decided in the last year

Plota live figures for advertisement consent decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent advertisement consent in Rossendale to go on. Rossendale decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15158896
Planning Portal ref
PP-15158896
Consultation
26 Aug 2026
Comments by
16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Rossendale
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#293 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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