18 The Ferns Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RP

1. 7 Oct 2016

   Received by Rossendale

2. 3 Nov 2016

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 1 Dec 2016

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

4. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Rossendale granted permission on 1 December 2016, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 17 The Ferns Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RP

  2021/0259 Submitted 22 Apr 2021 50 yards away

  Larger Home Extension: Erection of single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4m, with a maximum height of 3.35m and an eaves height of 2.26m when measured from the natural ground level

  Granted Prior approval Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 1 The Ferns Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RP

  2019/0584 Submitted 16 Dec 2019 50 yards away

  Householder: Erection of single storey side extension

  Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 34 Hoghton Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RD

  2013/0451 Submitted 1 Oct 2013 100 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~26 Nov

  Erection of conservatory and porch (retrospective)

  Awaiting decision Householder Extension
  Small domestic

• 24 Rockliffe Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NB

  2022/0352 Submitted 8 Jul 2022 150 yards away

  Householder: Second Storey Side Extension

  Granted Householder Extension 10 docs
  Domestic

• 16 Rockliffe Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NB

  2022/0277 Submitted 24 May 2022 150 yards away

  Householder: to erect a detached garage to the property

  Granted Householder 10 docs
  Domestic

• 16 Rockliffe Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NB

  2019/0509 Submitted 4 Nov 2019 150 yards away

  Householder: Erection of a two storey rear extension, a single storey rear and side extension, a front porch and external alterations

  Granted Householder Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 2026/0164 Refused

  Higher Mount Pleasant Gincroft Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0GQ

  Agricultural cattle buildings - 30m x 28m, measuring 4.8m to the eaves - a steel portal frame with concrete shutter walls and timber boards above with corrugated sheets to the roof.

  Received 30 Apr, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 2026/0169 Granted

  Athertonholme Mill Railway Street Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UF

  Prior Notification: The demolition of an existing freestanding masonry chimney stack.

  Received 7 May, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 2026/0113 Granted

  Farmland To The West Of A56 Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0QJ

  Prior Notification: Tracks required to access fields that are too wet and boggy to access without a track in place. Access required for boundary maintenance, weed control, hay-making and livestock care.

  Received 26 Mar, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 2026/0129 Granted

  Agricultural Building At Whitaker Clough Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ

  Prior Notification: Retrofit and repair existing agricultural building used for storage

  Received 13 Apr, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 2024/0426 Granted

  Reddish Hill Farm Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XD

  Prior Approval for change of use and associated operational development of agricultural buildings to form 2 'larger' dwellinghouses

  Received 28 Oct, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval