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Far Bank Top Farm Bank Top Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NF

2026/0245Approved

Approved on 1 September 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of a suite of Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions, designed to reduce flood risk to communities downstream by slowing the flow and attenuating water in the upper catchment before it reaches locations where properties are at risk of flooding.

Received
2 July 2026
Ward
Whitewell And Stacksteads
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 61 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Far Bank Top Farm Bank Top Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NF. Rossendale has handled 1,356 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Whitewell And Stacksteads. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the BB4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BB4 9NF
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Claire Bradley

Additional information

Documents
12

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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