17 The Ferns Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RP

1. 22 Apr 2021

   Received by Rossendale

2. 1 Jun 2021

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

3. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

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 The Ferns Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RP

  2019/0584 Submitted 16 Dec 2019 0m away

  Householder: Erection of single storey side extension

  Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 18 The Ferns Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RP

  2016/0473 Submitted 7 Oct 2016 0m away

  Householder Prior Approval: Erection of single storey rear extension extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4m, maximum height of 3.089m and height to the eaves from ground level to 2.4m.

  Granted Prior approval Extension
  Small domestic

• 34 Hoghton Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RD

  2013/0451 Submitted 1 Oct 2013 110m away

  86% 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 140m away

  Householder: Second Storey Side Extension

  Granted Householder Extension 14 docs
  Domestic

• 16 Rockliffe Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NB

  2022/0277 Submitted 24 May 2022 140m away

  Householder: to erect a detached garage to the property

  Granted Householder 12 docs
  Domestic

• 16 Rockliffe Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NB

  2019/0509 Submitted 4 Nov 2019 140m 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.

  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