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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
8,450Searchable applications
326Recorded as pending
84%Approval rate · 7,040 approved or refused records
1,154Refused applications

5,886 approved · 1,154 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Decided2013/0548

    Side Extension for dining related to restaurant

    Farmers Glory Inn Roundhill Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TU

    Received 4 Dec 2013
  2. Decided2013/0550

    Change of use of land and associated buildings from agriculture with stables to mixed use for agriculture and as a petting farm, creation of vehicular passing point on Newchurch Old Road and associated works (retrospective)

    Huttock Top Farm Newchurch Old Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HS

    Received 5 Dec 2013
  3. Decided2013/0551

    Installation of external refrigeration equipment (Retrospective)

    Jobcentre Plus Gladstone Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9JZ

    Received 5 Dec 2013
  4. Decided2013/0552

    Installation of externally illuminated fascia signs, projecting signs and window graphics (Retrospective)

    Jobcentre Plus Gladstone Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9JZ

    Received 5 Dec 2013
  5. Decided2013/0553

    Installation of Salt Storage Bunker on new concrete base with new concrete loading 'Apron' to front with drainage channelling connected to foul drain

    Unit 10 Cuba Industrial Estate Bolton Road North Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0NE

    Received 5 Dec 2013
  6. Decided2013/0554

    Erection of potting shed

    Land To The Rear Of 6 Lomas Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 5 Dec 2013
  7. Decided2013/0555

    Extension to existing playground

    Holy Trinity C Of E Primary School Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0QW

    Received 6 Dec 2013
  8. Decided2013/0556

    Re-plan of 18no dwellings to 25no dwellings, net 7no dwellings and associated works. Previous planning refs: 2010/0667 and 2013/0171.

    Land At Cowm Park Way South Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire

    Received 6 Dec 2013
  9. Decided2013/0557

    Formation of single storey side extension & conversion of garage into living accommodation

    12 The Stables Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BL

    Received 6 Dec 2013
  10. Decided2013/0558

    External platform lift with the formation of retaining walls and relocation of parking space

    5 Anderson Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9QP

    Received 6 Dec 2013
  11. Decided2013/0559

    Single storey extension to rear elevation, formation of off road parking area within front garden including formation of access, and installation of roof lights.

    50 Hall Carr Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6AW

    Received 6 Dec 2013
  12. Decided2013/0560

    Demolition of garage and erection of two storey side and single storey front extensions

    123 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7SU

    Received 9 Dec 2013
  13. Decided2013/0561

    Erection of single storey extension to side

    5 Alderwood Grove Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HQ

    Received 9 Dec 2013
  14. Decided2013/0562

    Demolition of end terraced dwelling and construction of detached dwelling including the creation of a car parking area

    Ravenshore Farm Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AN

    Received 9 Dec 2013
  15. Decided2013/0563

    Removal of Condition 14 (Provision of a new Fish Pass) Pursuant to Planning Permission 2011/0046 for the Construction of 74 Dwellings

    Land At Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4NB

    Received 10 Dec 2013
  16. Decided2013/0564

    Erection of glazed porch to side of building.

    9 Stone Street Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7BP

    Received 10 Dec 2013
  17. Decided2013/0565

    Erection of one end terrace dwelling

    Alden Barn Alden Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 10 Dec 2013
  18. Pending Consideration2013/0005/TPO

    Works to trees

    1 Woodside Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QQ

    Received 11 Dec 2013
  19. Pending Consideration2013/0566

    .Discharge of Conditions 5 (Full details of a scheme for the mitigation of risk from flooding and for the provision for a surface-water drainage (with foul water to drain to a separate system) ) 6 (Samples of the facing materials) & 10 ( Site Construction Plan) from Planning Permissions 2013/00455.

    Bacup Leisure Hall Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8AG

    Received 11 Dec 2013
  20. Decided2013/0567

    Extension of the balcony

    Kashmir House Co Operation Street Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7QL

    Received 11 Dec 2013
  21. Pending Consideration2013/0568

    Consultation from Hyndburn Borough Council for the Erection of a single wind turbine with thetip height of up to 77 m associated hard standing access track electrical control building and temporyary (q12 month) anemometer mast

    Wooley Lane Farm Wooley Lane Baxenden Accrington Lancashire

    Received 11 Dec 2013
  22. Decided2013/0569

    Construction of parapets to original pattern (Listed Building Consent)

    Lumb Valley Viaduct Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire

    Received 12 Dec 2013
  23. Decided2013/0571

    Conversion of garage to ancillary living accommodation, erection of chimney and widening of driveway

    6 Heatherlands Shawforth Rochdale OL12 8NW

    Received 16 Dec 2013
  24. Decided2013/0572

    Loft conversion with one dormer on rear elevation plus single storey extension to the rear.

    9 East Bank Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NX

    Received 17 Dec 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.

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