Bacup Market Union Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0AY
Approved on 15 April 2026
Council decision: Approve with Conditions23 conditions
Proposal
Full: Demolition of existing market stalls/shop units on the western side of the site and the retention/alteration of retained market stalls on the eastern side (flanking Bright Street); the erection of a canopy feature (601.3sqm); erection of a single storey cafe with public toilets (145.5 Sqm GEA) with associated external pavement cafe; the creation of a hard and soft landscaped external public space for the purposes of temporary pop up market stalls, community event space and informal leisure, with associated lighting.
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Council
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Ward
- Britannia And Lee Mill
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation3 Dec
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 154 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Bacup Market Union Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0AY. Rossendale has handled 1,355 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 13 weeks longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. The site is in the Bacup Town Centre conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- OL13 0AY
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Storm Grimshaw
Additional information
- Documents
- 62
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bacup Town Centre Conservation Area
- Article 4 direction: Bacup Town Centre Conservation Area+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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