Planning application
Far Bank Top Farm Bank Top Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of a suite of Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions, designed to reduce flood risk to communities downstream by slowing the flow and attenuating water in the upper catchment before it reaches locations where properties are at risk of flooding.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0245
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0245
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 1 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Whitewell And Stacksteads
- Postcode
- BB4 9NF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Rossendale register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2021/0091 Granted
Far Bank Top Farm Bank Top Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NF
Erection of building for the stabling of horses and storage of hay, feedstuffs and machinery, and associated yard
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jul 2026
Received by Rossendale
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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6 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- FAR BANK TOP FARM LOCATION PLAN
- FAR BANK TOP FARM EXISTING SITE PLAN - AERIAL
- FAR BANK TOP FARM EXISTING SITE PLAN - OS LEISURE
- FAR BANK TOP FARM PROPOSED SITE PLAN - AERIAL
- FAR BANK TOP FARM PROPOSED SITE PLAN - OS LEISURE
- INTERVENTION TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
- FAR BANK TOP FARM TRANSECTS
- EA LETTER OF SUPPORT
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Rossendale granted permission on 1 September 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.
About this record
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