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The Shippon Waterbarn Farm Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TF

2023/0470Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 December 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from existing barn to two dwellings.

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Historic - Stacksteads
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Shippon Waterbarn Farm Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TF. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days 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 0TF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2023
Consultation expiry
15 November 2023
Consultation end
13 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2023
Last date for comments
15 November 2023
Target decision date
27 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Howard & Seddon ARIBA
Agent address
64 Washway Road Sale M33 7RE

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 October 2023
Site notice end
15 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12528142
Documents
26
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
  • Green belt: Rossendale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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