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5 Westgate Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8UW

2024/0320HouseholderRefused

Refused on 17 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Householder: Addition of a single storey outbuilding and creation of two off-street parking spaces

Received
31 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Whitworth
Agent
JAMES CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES LTD
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 5 Westgate Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8UW. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 2 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Whitworth. We hold 202 applications in total for the OL12 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
OL12 8UW
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2024
Consultation expiry
1 October 2024
Consultation start
4 September 2024
Consultation end
25 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 September 2024
Last date for comments
2 October 2024
Target decision date
8 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
JAMES CAMPBELL ASSOCIATES LTD
Agent address
Campbell House 173 Rochdale Road Firgrove Milnrow Rochdale OL16 3BN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 September 2024
Site notice end
1 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13252840
Documents
9
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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