253 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UE

1. 21 Jun 2026

   Received by Rossendale

2. 22 Jun 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 8 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 17 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.

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.

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.

• 256 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UE

  2021/0245 Submitted 16 Apr 2021 50 yards away

  Full Application: Conversion of mid terrace house into 2 self contained flats

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 13 docs

• 232C Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UE

  2021/0370 Submitted 15 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  Advertisement Consent: installation of illuminated signage to shop front (retrospective).

  Granted Advertising Windows or glazing 7 docs

• 232C Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UE

  2021/0369 Submitted 15 Jun 2021 50 yards away

  Full: alterations to shop front to facilitate installation of illuminated signage (retrospective).

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 8 docs

• Land Adjacent To 18 Farholme Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0EU

  2024/0382 Submitted 30 Sep 2024 150 yards away

  Drilling of underground borehole for ground source heating purposes and associated underground pipework.

  Granted Full applications 14 docs

• 18 Farholme Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0EU

  2024/0406 Submitted 11 Oct 2024 150 yards away

  Householder: Replacement of existing windows and doors with new thermally efficient units. Addition of photovoltaic array to the front roof slope

  Granted Householder Windows or glazing 9 docs
  Domestic

• Sowclough Barn Sowclough Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 8LB

  2023/0005 Submitted 3 Jan 2023 300 yards away

  Retrospective change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage (C3), levelling of the site and formation of an associated area of crushed stone and a further area of permeable tarmac, erection of a 1m post and rail fence, and creation of bank and planting to rear of 13-27 Sow Clough Road.

  Refused Full applications 10 docs
  Small domestic