Athertonholme Mill Railway Street Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UF

1. 7 May 2026

   Received by Rossendale

2. 3 Jun 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

• Athertonholme Mill Railway Street Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UF

  2026/0152 Submitted 23 Apr 2026 0m away

  Change of use of car park for the storage of caravans

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• 318 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0LD

  2024/0277 Submitted 1 Jul 2024 125m away

  Work to replace window opening with door opening in the front elevation to provide access to existing first floor apartment (retrospective). (Amended Scheme)

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 7 docs

• 3 Heathbourne Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SN

  2021/0710 Submitted 22 Dec 2021 245m away

  Householder: 2 storey side extension, to create Family Annex to first floor, and creation of 2 off street parking spaces.

  Granted Householder Extension 8 docs
  Domestic

• 464 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0NB

  2026/0161 Submitted 24 Apr 2026 253m away

  Change of use from one shop to two flats with access from front of building. Ground floor flat: one bedroom, living area, bathroom, kitchen. 1st floor flat: on two levels, with two bedrooms, living area, kitchen & bathroom and erection of a rear dormer.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Loft or dormer 8 docs
  Several homes

• Heath Hill Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SF

  2025/0318 Submitted 7 Aug 2025 302m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~18 Nov

  Erection of 11 dwellings with associated parking, landscaping and infrastructure, including the creation of a new vehicular access from Booth Road.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 98 docs
  Major scheme

• 41 Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SF

  2023/0013 Submitted 10 Jan 2023 302m away

  Householder: Removal of existing garage and erection of two storey extensions to both side and rear with juliette balcony to the rear at first floor. Creation of 3no. car parking spaces surfaced with porous tarmac.

  Refused Householder Extension 19 docs
  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
• 2026/0113 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
• 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