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

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

• Jeffery Barn Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ

  2026/0281 Submitted 21 Jul 2026 203m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~15 Sep

  Single storey rear extension

  Awaiting decision Extension 6 docs
  Small domestic

• Broadclough Hall Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PA

  2026/0121 Submitted 1 Apr 2026 218m 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  Withdrawn Full applications 11 docs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 218m 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 337m 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 378m 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.

  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
• 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
• 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