Mid Longacres Farm Acre Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XH

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

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.

More on prior approval applications in our guide

• 1 Whitworth Rise Whitworth Rossendale Lancashire OL12 8AB

  2021/0304 Submitted 17 May 2021 253m away

  Householder: Single storey side extension to existing bungalow

  Granted Householder Extension 7 docs
  Small domestic

• Longacres View Minnie Street Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8JX

  2024/0117 Submitted 21 Mar 2024 289m away

  Householder: detached domestic garage.

  Granted Householder 18 docs
  Domestic

• Health Clinic Brenbar Crescent Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BB

  2026/0289 Submitted 27 Jul 2026 441m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~21 Sep

  Change of use to a non-residential school (Class F.1) and associated works

  Awaiting decision 7 docs

• Whitworth Clinic Brenbar Crescent Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BB

  2025/0014 Submitted 16 Jan 2025 441m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~18 Apr

  Demolition of the existing building on the site, and erection of 9no dwellings - 7no terrace dwellings and 2no semi-detached dwellings.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 56 docs
  Several homes

• 15 Burnedge Close Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BU

  2026/0059 Submitted 23 Feb 2026 447m away

  Retrospective change of use of the building from a Community Centre (F2) to a Dwellinghouse (C3).

  Granted Full applications 10 docs
  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.

  30 Apr 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.

  7 May 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.

  26 Mar 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

  13 Apr 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

  28 Oct 2024 Prior approval