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8 Bury Road Rawtenstall BB4 8AA

2009/0546Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 February 2010

Council decision: On Committee AgendaPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from shop with living accommodation above to take away and restaurant with storage and living accommodation over, new shop front, and flue to rear. (Retrospective)

Received
11 November 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Longholme
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 67 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 89 days, 4 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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
3 December 2009
Consultation expiry
16 November 2009
Consultation start
4 December 2009
Neighbour consultation start
24 December 2009
Last date for comments
25 December 2009
Target decision date
3 December 2009
Decision issued
13 May 2010
Application expires
13 May 2010
Permission expires
13 May 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
161 Shear Brow Blackburn Lancs BB1 8DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
161 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 November 2009

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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2011
    24 Jun

    Discharge of Conditions 2 4 6 & 7 from Planning Approval 2009/0546

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2011/0297
  2. 2009
    11 Nov

    Change of use from shop with living accommodation above to take away and restaurant with storage and living…

    This applicationApprovedFull2009/0546

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