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Unit 2 Laburnum Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5DW

2021/0083Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 22 October 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from use Class E (a) Retail to Class E (a) Retail plus the repair and cleaning of cars within the building

Received
8 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Historic - Worsley
Agent
Hartley Planning & Development Associates
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 247 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 2 Laburnum Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5DW. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 256 days, 28 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5DW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2021
Consultation expiry
11 March 2021
Consultation start
17 February 2021
Consultation end
10 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
18 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2021
Last date for comments
11 March 2021
Target decision date
24 March 2021
Committee meeting
12 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hartley Planning & Development Associates
Agent address
Swallow Barn Hurst Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00028/WR
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3285478
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 May 2022Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Immediate Article 4 Direction for small Houses in Multiple Occupation
  • Brownfield land register: 1 Laburnum Street, HaslingdenRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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