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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
9,376Searchable applications
370Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 7,681 approved or refused records
1,282Refused applications

6,399 approved · 1,282 refused · 383 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Pending Consideration2017/0044/TPO

    Tree Preservation Order (T2/F/W2): Prune back from the house and crown lift seven trees.There are no plans to fell any trees.

    4 Alden Rise Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LZ

    Received 9 Oct 2017
  2. Decided2017/0499

    Conversion of Public House to 2 Dwellings with variation of Condition 3 of Planning Permission 2012/0395 (parking provision & footway improvement)

    Buck Inn Car Park Asten Buildings Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DR

    Received 9 Oct 2017
  3. Decided2017/0500

    Householder: Erection of single storey rear extension and front porch extension

    Short Clough Lodge Short Clough Lane Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LX

    Received 10 Oct 2017
  4. Decided2017/0501

    Change of use from retail (Use Class A1) to resturant / banqueting hall / wedding venue / events venue (sui generis) and installation of mezzanine floor

    Winners Discount Megastore New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AJ

    Received 11 Oct 2017
  5. Decided2017/0502

    Change of use from 1.No dwelling to 2.no apartments (comprising 1x1 bed and 1x2 bed). Replacement of existing windows.

    2 Ash Grove Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HE

    Received 11 Oct 2017
  6. Decided2017/0505

    Householder: Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey extension to side and rear.

    Musbury Heights Park Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AR

    Received 12 Oct 2017
  7. Decided2017/0045/TPO

    Tree Preservation Order (T2/10/A5): Remove six trees and prune twenty others for safety and good arboricultural management.

    1 And 2 Woodlands Top O'th Brow Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NU

    Received 12 Oct 2017
  8. Decided2017/0506

    Householder: Demolition of attached single storey garage/utility room and erection of two storey side/rear extension with balcony to rear with supported glazed roof canopy above. Conversion of original roof space to form additional living accommodation.

    19 Redwood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DR

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  9. Decided2017/0507

    Change of use of an agricultural building from agricultural use to domestic use including the surrounding land shown in the red edge of the application, all in association with 489 Newchurch Road, Bacup, OL13 0NH

    489 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0NH

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  10. Decided2017/0047/TPO

    Tree Preservation Order (T2/95/A2): Fell and replace 1 Pear tree and 1 Plum Tree

    Belmont School Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RX

    Received 10 Oct 2017
  11. Unknown2017/0048/TCA

    Cloughfold Conservation Area: Fell one Cherry tree and one Willow; crown lift two Sycamore by no more than three branches.

    Belmont Primary School Peel Street Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LJ

    Received 10 Oct 2017
  12. Decided2017/0049/TPO

    Works to trees with a Tree Preservation Order (T2/10/A2): Reduce two Ash to 15 metres, pollard one Ash to 12 metres, fell one Ash, reduce one branch by 4 metres on one Ash and crown lift several boundary Sycamore to highway standard clearance.

    Allotment Gardens Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NY

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  13. Decided2017/0508

    Proposed Manege (riding arena)

    Lockgate Farm Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QG

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  14. Decided2017/0050/TPO

    Tree Preservation Order (T2/F/W1): Crown lift by no more than 30% to 17 trees along roadside to clear vehicles on carriageway

    Aldenbrook Sunny Bank Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4FE

    Received 12 Oct 2017
  15. Unknown2017/0051/TCA

    Conservation Area: Two Sycamore - reduce by 15% and thin by 10%

    The Old Rectory Dobbin Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7TE

    Received 12 Oct 2017
  16. Decided2017/0509

    Householder: Single storey side extension

    3 Daneswood Fold Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8UE

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  17. Decided2017/0510

    Householder: Erection of a detached garage, creation of new gated vehicular access from Victoria Drive with associated landscape works including works to trees with a Tree Preservation Order.

    15 Victoria Court Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EQ

    Received 17 Oct 2017
  18. Decided2017/0511

    Erection of 2 no. 2-bedroom semi-detached bungalows, with associated access and landscaping works.

    Land Adj 22 Whittle Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SB

    Received 17 Oct 2017
  19. Decided2017/0512

    Householder: Alterations to front garden including enlargement of existing driveway, stepped pedestrian access, alterations to front boundary walls and change in ground levels.

    1293 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8RG

    Received 13 Oct 2017
  20. Decided2017/0513

    Erection of a storage building within the boundaries of the scrapyard (Retrospective)

    232 Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9RB

    Received 19 Oct 2017
  21. Decided2017/0514

    Construction of access road and associated retaining wall to serve residential development approved under 2016/0630 (part retrospective)

    Land At Waingate Mews Waingate Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 19 Oct 2017
  22. Decided2017/0515

    Householder: Erection of fence to side and rear of property

    1 Alder Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7RZ

    Received 19 Oct 2017
  23. Decided2017/0516

    Householder: Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey extension to rear and erection of single storey extension to front/side. Enlargement of existing raised patio to rear (part retrospective).

    Foxfield Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QN

    Received 20 Oct 2017
  24. Decided2017/0517

    Erection of under cover midden

    Land At Dean Lane Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 19 Oct 2017

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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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