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Commercial Hotel 1 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5SL

2023/0395Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 February 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use to hostel for homeless people

Received
21 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
26
Ward
Historic - Worsley
Agent
Architect Design Solutions
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 156 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Commercial Hotel 1 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5SL. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 15 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. 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 5SL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation start
29 September 2023
Consultation end
20 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2023
Last date for comments
20 October 2023
Target decision date
9 October 2023
Committee meeting
6 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architect Design Solutions
Agent address
14 Maitland Place Rossendale Rawtenstall BB4 6AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
29 September 2023
Site notice start
8 September 2023
Site notice end
29 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12397563
Documents
38
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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