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5 Philips Road Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RH

2023/0063HouseholderApproved

Approved on 22 March 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Householder: Single Storey gable extension to existing dormer bungalow

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Historic - Greensclough
Agent
Edmondson Design Services
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 5 Philips Road Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RH. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rossendale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 112 applications in total for the OL13 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
OL13 8RH
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2023
Consultation expiry
3 March 2023
Consultation start
10 February 2023
Consultation end
3 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2023
Last date for comments
3 March 2023
Target decision date
17 March 2023
Committee meeting
21 March 2023
Permission expires
22 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Edmondson Design Services
Agent address
20 Fernhill Drive Fernhill Drive Bacup OL13 8JS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal history

3319627
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 August 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11903422
Documents
5
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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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