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Former Masonic Hall Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SL

2024/0483Prior App COU from commercial to mixedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 February 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor including annex from offices to 1 No. two bedroom apartment retaining the ground floor in commercial use

Received
9 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Haslingden
Agent
Archtech Design Solutions
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 64 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Former Masonic Hall Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SL. Rossendale has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. The site is in the Haslingden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Haslingden. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the BB4 postcode area.

100% of outline 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
Prior App COU from commercial to mixed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2024
Consultation expiry
7 February 2025
Consultation start
7 January 2025
Consultation end
28 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 January 2025
Last date for comments
7 February 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Archtech Design Solutions
Agent address
14 Maitland Place Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AT

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Claire Bradley
Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 January 2025
Advertisement expiry
7 February 2025
Site notice start
15 January 2025
Site notice end
5 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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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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