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Mid Longacres Farm Acre Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XH

Refused Rossendale 2019/0524 Prior Approval - Agricultural to Resi

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Prior Notification (Class Q): Change of use of agricultural buildings to form 3 dwellings, with associated operational development.

As published by the council, reference 2019/0524

Application record

Reference
2019/0524
Type
Prior Approval - Agricultural to Resi
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
6 Nov 2019
Validated
7 Nov 2019
Decided
23 Dec 2019
Ward
Historic - Facit And Shawforth
Parish
Whitworth Town Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
OL12 8XH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Nov 2019

    Received by Rossendale

  2. 7 Nov 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Dec 2019

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 24 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Appeal: 19/00025/WR (Appeal Dismissed)

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Hartley Planning & Development Associates Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Rossendale

Active · incorporated 2006 · Rossendale

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

27 documents on file for this application

  • APPEAL DECISION 3243979 Appeal Decision · 14 Sep 2020
  • START LETTER (AR13) - MICHAEL ATHERTON - 27 JAN 2020 Appeal Correspondence · 27 Jan 2020
  • 100A - CONFIRMATION OF VALID APPEAL - STEVEN HARTLEY - 15 JAN 2020 Appeal Correspondence · 15 Jan 2020
  • DECISION NOTICE Decision · 23 Dec 2019
  • OFFICERS REPORT Decision · 23 Dec 2019
  • KEITH MITCHELL 21-11-19-AMENDED2 Drawing · 03 Dec 2019
  • PROPOSED SITE PLAN Revised Drawing · 03 Dec 2019
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 27 Nov 2019
  • PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS Revised Drawing · 26 Nov 2019
  • ECOLOGY - FURTHER COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 25 Nov 2019
  • PLANNING OFFICER - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 25 Nov 2019
  • COAL AUTHORITY - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 22 Nov 2019
  • LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 21 Nov 2019
  • AMENDED CONSTRUCTION METHOD STATEMENT Methodology Statement · 18 Nov 2019
  • HIGHWAYS - COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 13 Nov 2019
  • ECOLOGY - COMMENTS Objection Comment · 13 Nov 2019
  • SIGNED FORMS Application Form · 06 Nov 2019
  • 2014-0211 LOWER SWINEHERD LOWE _DECISION_NOTICE Other · 06 Nov 2019
  • APPEAL DECISION 3211193. CARR HEAD Other · 06 Nov 2019
  • APPEAL REFUSAL Other · 06 Nov 2019
  • EXG PLANS AND ELEVATIOS 29-09-19-A Drawing · 06 Nov 2019
  • GREENFOLD FARM APPROVAL NOTICE Other · 06 Nov 2019
  • LIGHTHOUSE BARN APPEAL DECISION LETTER Other · 06 Nov 2019
  • MAP OF AGRICULTURAL UNIT Drawing · 06 Nov 2019
  • PLANNING STATEMENT Design & Access Statement · 06 Nov 2019
  • PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS 29-09-19-B Drawing · 06 Nov 2019
  • STRUCTURAL REPORT Report · 06 Nov 2019

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What this refusal means

Rossendale refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

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.

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