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8 Onchan Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PX

2025/0427HouseholderRefused

Refused on 20 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Householder: Proposed Single Storey Side Extension, Double Storey Rear Extension and external changes to existing dwelling.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Britannia And Lee Mill
Agent
Thorp Design Services Ltd
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 85 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 8 Onchan Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PX. Rossendale has handled 589 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Britannia And Lee Mill. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The design of the proposed two-storey rear extension and the introduction of illmatching materials to the dwelling as a whole appears incongruous and fails to reflect the character and appearance of the host dwelling or that of the surrounding built environment. The development therefore fails to accord with either section 12 of the NPPF, Policies HS9 and ENV1 with the Rossendale Local Plan or the guidance set out within the Council's Alteration and Extensions to Residential Properties SPD.
  2. The addition of habitable room windows within both side elevations of the dwelling results in a loss of privacy to both No.2 and No.10 Onchan Drive owing to the increased levels of overlooking into private amenity space associated within these dwellings. The development therefore fails to accord with Policies HS9 and ENV1 with the Rossendale Local Plan or the guidance set out within the Council's Alteration and Extensions to Residential Properties SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
OL13 9PX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
2 January 2026
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
22 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thorp Design Services Ltd
Architect profile
THORP DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
Thorp Design Services Newtons of Bury, Office Space 5 151 The Rock, Bury BL9 0ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 December 2025
Site notice end
2 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14437537
Documents
11
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 May

    Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension and Double Storey Side Extension

    ApprovedApplication2026/0190

Source: Rossendale

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