Reddish Hill Farm Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XD

1. 28 Oct 2024

   Received by Rossendale

2. 13 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Granted

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

• Reddish Hill Farm Market Street Shawforth Rossendale OL12 8XD

  2022/0404 Submitted 5 Aug 2022 0m away

  Full: Proposed agricultural building

  Granted Full applications 17 docs

• Reddish Hill Farm Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XD

  2026/0122 Submitted 24 Mar 2026 0m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~29 Jul

  Change of use and conversion of 2 agricultural buildings to form 2 dwellings including the raising of a roof and the addition of a minor extension (amended Location Plan)

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 19 docs
  Several homes

• 1 Rock View Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8JD

  2023/0008/TPO Submitted 14 Feb 2023 294m away

  T1 Oak - fell to ground level

  Refused Trees 4 docs

• 550 Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL13 9SL

  2026/0127 Submitted 7 Apr 2026 366m away

  Proposed change of use to children's home for one child with carer accommodation (Use Class C2)

  Granted Lawful development 10 docs

• 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
• 2024/0436 Withdrawn

  Unit 15 New Hall Hey Business Park New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6HL

  Prior Notification: Change of use to a construction training centre that teaches vocational, hands on skills, we deliver bricklaying, tiling, and plastering.

  4 Nov 2024 Prior approval