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Former Shawforth Chapel Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8HF

2026/0060Approved

Approved on 19 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from use class F (public worship/hall or meeting place for the principal use of the local community) to class B8 (storage & distribution).

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
Whitworth
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 69 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Former Shawforth Chapel Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8HF. Rossendale has handled 1,354 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days longer than Rossendale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Whitworth. We hold 202 applications in total for the OL12 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OL12 8HF
Parish
Whitworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Claire Bradley

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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