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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
9,455Searchable applications
375Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 7,733 approved or refused records
1,285Refused applications

6,448 approved · 1,285 refused · 385 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided2017/0629

    Outline application (including access, appearance, layout and scale) for the construction of 4 no. single storey dwellings (consisting of 2 no. two-bed and 2 no. three-bed), with associated access works.

    Land South Of Maden Road Bacup Lancashire

    Received 19 Dec 2017
  2. Decided2017/0630

    Prior Approval for Change of use of Agricultural Building to Dwelling House

    Land North Of Park View Cottages Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 20 Dec 2017
  3. Decided2017/0631

    Fit flood door to front of house

    4A North Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0PB

    Received 21 Dec 2017
  4. Decided2017/0632

    Remodelling of classroom block to provide first floor extension and two storey link to main building.

    Bacup And Rawtenstall Grammar School Glen Road Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7BJ

    Received 21 Dec 2017
  5. Decided2017/0633

    Demolition of existing building and erection of a 5 pump petrol filling station with canopy, a single storey retail store with attached food retail drive-thru, 2 x jet wash with air and vacuum, electric charging point, and associated car parking, hardstanding and landscaping (Resubmission of application reference 2017/0338)

    Bacup Hub (Formerly Bacup Leisure Hall) Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8AG

    Received 22 Dec 2017
  6. Decided2017/0634

    Erection of a single storey extension

    Grove Mill And Albion Mill Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9EF

    Received 22 Dec 2017
  7. Decided2017/0636

    Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (materials), 5 (landscaping), 7 (construction method statement), 8 (highway condition survey), 10 (surface water drainage), 12 (drainage management), 13 (Shuttleworth Brook ecology) and 14 (proposed levels) pursuant to Planning Approval 2016/0002

    The Fishermans Retreat Riding Head Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0HH

    Received 22 Dec 2017
  8. Decided2017/0637

    Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) pursuant to Planning Approval 2016/0002, to enable the construction of a dual pitched roof and to enable alterations to fenestration.

    The Fishermans Retreat Riding Head Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0HH

    Received 22 Dec 2017
  9. Decided2017/0638

    Demolition of existing rear conservatory, erection of a single storey garden room extention to the rear and external works

    23 Lower Cribden Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SW

    Received 22 Dec 2017
  10. Decided2017/0639

    Installation of 2.4m high weldmesh perimeter fencing to the school playing fields.

    St Marys Rc Primary School Tong Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9LJ

    Received 25 Dec 2017
  11. Decided2017/0640

    Demolition of existing public house and erection of 6 no. new dwellings (3 no. three-bedroom and 3 no. four-bedroom) with associated levelling, access and landscaping works (resubmission of application 2017/0415).

    Weir Hotel Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QE

    Received 25 Dec 2017
  12. Decided2017/0643

    Householder: Erect a removable rear yard roof of six PVC panels

    15 Rose Vale Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7PF

    Received 28 Dec 2017
  13. Decided2018/0003

    Erection of 2-storey side extension (with integral garage) and 1-storey rear extension, and creation of off-street parking and dropped-kerb

    195 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HY

    Received 3 Jan 2018
  14. Decided2018/0004

    Change of use of the building from offices to escape rooms attraction (sui generis)

    33-35 Kay Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7LS

    Received 2 Jan 2018
  15. Decided2018/0005

    Proposed front dormer extension

    1154 Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9QR

    Received 5 Jan 2018
  16. Decided2018/0006

    Change of use of land to a garden centre, including the erection of a single storey sales building and a polytunnel, including levelling works, associated landscaping and access works (resubmission of 2017/0260 -amended scheme) (part retrospective).

    Golf Rossendale Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SW

    Received 8 Jan 2018
  17. Decided2018/0007

    Erection of 2-storey side extension

    22 Haworth Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8SS

    Received 8 Jan 2018
  18. Decided2018/0008

    Installation of modular building on top of an existing modular building (approved under 2017/0297) to be used as temporary offices whilst site remediation works take place, including installation of access staircase serving first floor extension.

    Stubbins Mill Stubbins Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0NH

    Received 8 Jan 2018
  19. Decided2018/0010

    Change of use from hairdressers (Use Class A1) to dog grooming parlour (Sui generis) (retrospective)

    259 Bolton Road North Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0SA

    Received 8 Jan 2018
  20. Decided2018/0011

    Change of use from office (A2) to pain therapy clinic (D1)

    Suite 9 Link 665 Todd Hall Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5JT

    Received 9 Jan 2018
  21. Decided2018/0012

    Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building

    Lower Fairbanks Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough BB4 8UF

    Received 2 Jan 2018
  22. Decided2018/0013

    Householder: Erection of single storey extension to side

    228 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7QX

    Received 9 Jan 2018
  23. Decided2018/0014

    Internally-illuminated fascia sign

    80 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EG

    Received 10 Jan 2018
  24. Decided2018/0015

    Conversion of 1no. retail unit at ground floor with 1no. residential apartment above into 2no. ground-floor retail units with 2no. residential apartments above (located across the 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors) including new shopfronts with internal roller-shutters

    48 - 50 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 10 Jan 2018

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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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