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Black Bull Offices Smithy Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5JZ

2014/0160Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 3 September 2014

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from garage/storage area on ground floor with offices above to form two flats with parking below, including the formation of new window openings and the installation of an external steel staircase

Received
7 April 2014
Public comments
2
Ward
Worsley
Agent
Tompson Designs
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Black Bull Offices Smithy Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5JZ. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 12 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,081 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 5JZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2014
Consultation expiry
19 August 2014
Consultation end
31 July 2014
Neighbour consultation start
10 July 2014
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2014
Last date for comments
19 August 2014
Target decision date
3 September 2014
Application expires
13 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tompson Designs
Agent address
564 Bolton Road Bury BL8 2DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 July 2014
Site notice end
19 August 2014

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Haslingden Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Immediate Article 4 Direction for small Houses in Multiple Occupation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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© 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.

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