Agricultural Building At Whitaker Clough Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ

1. 13 Apr 2026

   Received by Rossendale

2. 7 May 2026

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Required and Granted

3. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Rossendale granted permission on 7 May 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.

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.

• Jeffery Barn Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ

  2026/0281 Submitted 21 Jul 2026 200 yards away

  Single storey rear extension

  Granted Extension 6 docs
  Small domestic

• Broadclough Hall Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PA

  2026/0121 Submitted 1 Apr 2026 250 yards away

  Full: Change of use from a dwelling (C3a) to a school providing education for children with additional needs (F1)

  Withdrawn Full applications 11 docs
  Domestic

• Land Opposite The Coach House Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PA

  2026/0051 Submitted 10 Feb 2026 250 yards away

  Replacement lock-up garage (part retrospective)

  Granted Full applications 7 docs

• 6 Broadclough Villas Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PL

  2023/0100 Submitted 6 Mar 2023 350 yards away

  Lawful Development Certificate: Erection of a single storey extension

  Granted Lawful development Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic

• The Band Room Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PW

  2021/0413 Submitted 6 Jul 2021 400 yards away

  Full: demolition of existing four stables, erection of four new stables with tack room and feed store, and erection of a secure storage building.

  Granted Full applications Demolition 16 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.

  Received 30 Apr, published by the council 24 Aug 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.

  Received 7 May, published by the council 24 Aug 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.

  Received 26 Mar, published by the council 24 Aug 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

  Received 28 Oct, published by the council 24 Aug 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.

  Received 4 Nov, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval