Planning application
550 Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL13 9SL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed change of use to children's home for one child with carer accommodation (Use Class C2)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0127
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0127
- Type
- Proposed Certificate of Lawfulness
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 7 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 7 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 3 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Whitworth
- Parish
- Whitworth Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- OL13 9SL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Apr 2026
Received by Rossendale
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3 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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24 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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Caroline Tamworth Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
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10 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DECISION NOTICE
- LCC HIGHWAY - COMMENTS
- LCC POLICY, COMMISSIONING AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH - COMMENTS WITH APPENDIX
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING LAYOUTS AND ELEVATIONS 1
- PROPOSED LAYOUTS AND ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROOF AND SITE PLAN 3
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Rossendale granted permission on 3 June 2026, 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.
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A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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