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65 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BW

2025/0136Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition of a section of the existing dwelling to facilitate vehicular access, conversion of remainder of house into 3x apartments and construction of proposed 4x Bungalows to rear of site.

Received
1 April 2025
Public comments
14
Ward
Greenfield And Eden
Agent
Thorp Design Services Ltd
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 401 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 65 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BW. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 449 days, 55 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Greenfield And Eden. We hold 1,081 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 4BW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2025
Consultation expiry
17 November 2025
Consultation start
27 October 2025
Consultation end
17 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 October 2025
Last date for comments
17 November 2025
Target decision date
26 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Thorp Design Services Ltd
Architect profile
THORP DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
2 Chatton Close Bury BL8 2UE

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Chris Dobson
Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 May 2025
Site notice end
13 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13907909
Documents
36
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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