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Rossendale Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rossendale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

8,436Searchable applications

326Recorded as pending

84%Approval rate · 7,029 approved or refused records

1,152Refused applications

5,877 approved · 1,152 refused · 381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning & Building Control Contact planning Planning and building control contact details Local plan Planning policy and Local plan

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas11 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas7 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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Decided2013/0488
Construction of single storey side extension and formation of first floor landing window in gable
5 Chapel Terrace Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QW
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0489
Remove the existing garage and build a 1 storey extension on the side of the existing rear extension
20 Highfield Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LB
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0490
Siting of one park home and associated works
Site At Swinnel Brook Park Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4FN
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0492
Conversion of shop with independent living accommodation to form additional living space at ground floor, including replacement of shop front with new window and door
8-10 Blackburn Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QQ
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0493
Erection of timber fence to south western boundary
Cribden View Rising Bridge Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BL
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0494
Erection of a detached outbuilding for use as a land maintenance equipment store and in association with the approved scheme of residential conversion of the adjacent stables.
High Valley Stables Conway Road Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0495
Removal of old out building, and part timber store, and the erection of domestic double garage
5 Carr Farm Carr Road Water Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9RZ
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0496
Change of use of dwelling to form children's nursery with associated parking and alterations to access, demolition of outbuilding and erection of replacement dwelling, and removal of trees
Garden Cottage Wallbank Drive Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8TZ
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0497
Erection of Five Terraced Bungalows
Land Adjacent K Supplies Hill End Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0498
Change of Use from Class (A1) Shop to a 3 bed dwelling house Class (C3) and minor external works
Mitton House Blackburn Road Rising Bridge Accrington BB5 2SB
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0499
Creation of a cycle path with associated landscaping and the erection of a 1.8m high fence alongside stream
Cribden House Special School Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RX
Received 31 Oct 2013
Decided2013/0500
Erection of Agricultural Building for the storage of Hay and Agricultural Machinery (Resubmission - Amended Scheme)
Land To The South Of Pewitt Hall Farm Back Lane Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire
Received 1 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0501
Single storey extension to side
1 Roundhill View Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2SS
Received 1 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0502
Erection of single storey side and rear extensions and replace existing garage with new detached workshop
44 Hyacinth Close Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JU
Received 1 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0503
Installation of new exhaust ventilation and abatement system including 18m high replacement flue stack.
Reeds Holme Works Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LN
Received 4 Nov 2013
Pending Consideration2013/0504
Discharge of Condions 3, (Samples of Facing Materials), 4 (residents do not experience unacceptable disturbance from traffic noise) 5, (landscaping & boundary treatment), 7 (Contaminated Land Phase II Report), 8, (total energy usage from renewable sources) 9 (details of a scheme for the provision and implementation of a surface-water regulation system, and foul water shall drain to a separate system) & 10 (delivery of a widening of the footway on Bacup Road from the access road to the north west side of the adjacent river bridge outside No.386-390 Bacup Road and provision of a central refuge island on Bacup Road) from Planning Permission 2013/0041
Bacup Road Hareholme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7JJ
Received 5 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0505
Single Storey Extension to front elevation
Jolly Hall Farm Oakenhead Wood Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TX
Received 5 Nov 2013
Pending Consideration2013/0507
Discharge of Condition 4 (details of the alignment/level/drainage of the proposed paths to be formed within 40m of Rakehead Lane and the associated fencing/planting to be retained &/or provided to each side of these length of path, together with the proposed signing, lining and barrier system at the Rakehead Road junction and details of the regime for maintenance of vegetation in the vicinity of this junction.) from Planning Permission 2013/131
Disused Railway Line Rakehead Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire
Received 6 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0508
County Consultation for the Installation of temporary building to create 4 classrooms
Haslingden High School Broadway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EY
Received 6 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0509
Listed Building Consent for the Installation of a containerised biomass boiler system
The Laurels Nursing Home Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8GT
Received 8 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0510
Demolition of Town Hall Annex, make good the surface of the demolished footprint together with its immediate surrounding apron with reclaimed asphalt planings. Place planters upon surface. Undertake external aesthetic improvements to rear elevation of old Town Hall.
Town Hall Lord Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LZ
Received 8 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0511
Installation of replacement roof lights and guttering
34A - 34B Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8DY
Received 11 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0512
Installation of wind turbine adjacent to existing turbine, to a maximum height of 25m.
Brow Edge Farm Laund Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5UB
Received 11 Nov 2013
Decided2013/0513
Erection of 6 Dwellings (3 Pairs of Semi Detached)
Land To Rear Of 69 Church Street Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9EH
Received 12 Nov 2013

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Rossendale Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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