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8 Bury Road Rawtenstall BB4 8AA

2008/0341Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 September 2008

Planning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from Phone Shop Class (A1) with living accommodation over, to Takeaway Class (A5) with Class (A3) Restaurant inc ancillary storage, with living accommodation over

Received
9 May 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Longholme
  1. Received9 May
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 26 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Bury Road Rawtenstall BB4 8AA. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 7 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Longholme. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the BB4 postcode area.

82% of full applications at Rossendale Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB4 8AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2008
Consultation start
18 August 2008
Neighbour consultation start
28 August 2008
Last date for comments
27 August 2008
Target decision date
6 August 2008
Application expires
12 October 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Immediate Article 4 Direction for small Houses in Multiple Occupation
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rossendale

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