Planning application
Ashlands Turnpike Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9DU
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Full: Change of use from a nursing home (C2) to a special school (F1)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0217
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0217
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 16 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Hareholme And Waterfoot
- Postcode
- BB4 9DU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2026
Received by Rossendale
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1 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Rossendale took a median of 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- REVISED SITE PLAN
- MARTIN HARDWICKE- OBJECTION
- GROWTH LANCASHIRE - COMMENTS
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT- FURTHER HIGHWAYS COMMENTS.
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT- COMMENTS
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- S. JOHNSON- OBJECTION COMMENT
- ROSSENDALE CIVIC TRUST- COMMENTS.
- LOCATION PLAN.
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING BASEMENT LAYOUT PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT PLAN
- PROPOSED BASEMENT LAYOUT PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR LAYOUT PLAN
- ANH PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR LAYOUT PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Rossendale for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Rossendale's median decision took 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Rossendale's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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