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Middle Lench Barn Lench Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AF

2025/0401Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

This application seeks consent for the installation of ground mounted solar panel array.

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hareholme And Waterfoot
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Middle Lench Barn Lench Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AF. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 10 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Hareholme And Waterfoot. 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 7AF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 February 2026
Consultation start
6 January 2026
Consultation end
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 January 2026
Last date for comments
6 February 2026
Target decision date
23 January 2026
Permission expires
12 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Harry Turner
Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 January 2026
Site notice end
6 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14365531
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
2

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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