Deerview Farm Weir Lane Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QB
Proposal
Erection of 1 no. single storey dwellinghouse with associated car park and garden
- Received
- 31 August 2026
- Decided
- 12 October 2026 · Refused
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 14 October 2026
- Council
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Ward
- Bacup
- ReceivedSubmitted31 Aug
- ValidatedValidated31 Aug
- Consult.Consultation1 Oct
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 42 days
This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Deerview Farm Weir Lane Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QB. Rossendale has handled 1,328 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Rossendale's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Bacup. We hold 108 applications in total for the OL13 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The development would result in the creation of an isolated home in the countryside, which does not accord with any of the circumstances specified under policy HO11 of the National Planning Policy Framework. As such, the development fails to accord with policies S5 and HO11 of the National Planning Policy Framework, and is therefore unacceptable in principle.
- The development would be unsustainable, having regard to its location and the poor accessibility of basic services and facilities. The site's lack of accessibility by sustainable modes of transport, and the nature of the access to the site, would fail to promote sustainable modes of travel and would result in a reliance on private car journeys by occupants of the proposed dwelling to address their basic needs. Furthermore, the development, by virtue of its unsustainable location, would fail to contribute to climate change mitigation and the transition to net zero. Therefore, the development fails to accord with policies S5, CC2, TR3 and TR4 of the National Planning Policy Framework, policies SS, SD2 and ENV1 of the Rossendale Local Plan 2019 to 2036, and would be contrary to the aims of the Council's Climate Change SPD.
- The development would result in significant harm to the character and appearance of the site and surrounding countryside, through the urbanisation and erosion of an undeveloped and natural parcel of land which makes a strong contribution to the rural character of the local area. The adverse effect on the character of the countryside would be exacerbated by the prominence of the site from nearby public rights of way and from longer distance public views. Therefore, the development is contrary to Policy N2 of the National Planning Policy Framework and policies ENV1 and ENV3 of Rossendale Local Plan 2019 to 2036.
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Rossendale
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Planning constraints
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.
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