Scout Road - Planning Applications For Development Management Procedure

THE PLANNING MANAGER GIVES NOTICE 
THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY ROSSENDALE BOROUGH COUNCIL

THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13

THE PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990

Application Ref: 2025/0267
Applicant: Peter Rowe - Cubico UK Development Limited Proposal: Construction and operation of 17 wind turbines with a maximum height to the tip of the blade of 180 metres (above ordnance datum), together with associated ancillary infrastructure comprising crane pads and hardstandings; new access tracks; improvement and widening works to Scout Road; onsite substation; underground electrical infrastructure and cabling; fencing and boundary treatments; external lighting; drainage infrastructure; habitat and moorland restoration works; public right of way works; landscaping; temporary construction compound and staging area; underground electrical grid connection to the Rossendale Bulk Supply Point; and associated engineering works; alongside the retention of and improvements to existing access tracks associated with the existing Scout Moor Wind Farm.
Location: Scout Moor Wind Farm Gincroft Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire

This Application May Affect a Public Right Of Way To Which Part 3 Of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Applies
This is a Major Applications as deemed by the Planning Act
The application would not accord with the provisions of the development plan; it would, in the opinion of the Council affect the setting of a Listed Building; and would, in the opinion of the Council affect the character or appearance of a Conservation Area 
This is EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) Development, and an Environmental Statement (ES) has been submitted as part of the application.

Members of the public may view this application electronically online at http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/ planningcomment

Copies of the Environmental Statement and application documents are also available to view during office hours at the Council’s Customer Service Hub at Futures Park, Bacup, OL13 0BB.

Representations should be made via our website or in writing to the above address, quoting the application reference number above within 30 days of the date of this notice. Representations will not be acknowledged but will be taken into consideration. Any comments you make cannot be treated as confidential or kept private. 
Information you provide including personal information will be made available to others and so may be read by the applicant or other members of the public.

Members of the public may obtain copies of the Environmental Statement from: Turley Associates, Level 5 Transmission, 6 Atherton Street, Manchester, M3 3GS at a cost of £2,152.45 (excluding delivery). Telephone: 0161 2337676.

Mr M Atherton - Planning Manager
19/09/2025