Planning application
Barn At Lower Lench Farm Lench Fold Clough Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AF
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior Notification: Proposal change of use from a barn to two dwellings within Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 as amended.
As published by the council, reference 2026/0302
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0302
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 3 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Hareholme And Waterfoot
- Postcode
- BB4 7AF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Aug 2026
Received by Rossendale
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 September 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 84 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- CHARLOTTE CHESTER- OBJECTION
- IAN AND CHRISTINE CHESTER- OBJECTION.
- STUART CRABTREE- OBJECTION
- HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT -RESPONSE
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- C529-1 CLASS Q STATEMENT
- ENGINEERING REPORT
- PROPOSED PLAN, ELEVATIONS AND SITE PLANS
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 84 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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