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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
10,697Searchable applications
395Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 8,666 approved or refused records
1,536Refused applications

7,130 approved · 1,536 refused · 408 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. Decided2020/0146

    Full: Single storey front extension and additional car parking facility

    Goodshaw Baptist Church Chapel Street Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8BS

    Received 27 Mar 2020
  2. Decided2020/0147

    Householder: Single Storey rear and side extensions, changes to roof layout, creation of 1st floor space facilitated by installation of front and rear dormer windows and roof lights and associates external works including works to trees.

    Finboro Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AE

    Received 27 Mar 2020
  3. Decided2020/0013/TPO

    Cut back 1 x beech and 2 x sycamore trees. Both are very close to our gutters. Both have lots of dead branches which are falling and causing a serious danger of injury or even death to my children. Our garden is practically unusable. We need the dead wood removing and the trees generally cutting back

    1 Tor View Tor View Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6PN

    Received 30 Mar 2020
  4. Decided2020/0150

    Approval of Details Reserved byCondition 12 (verification report) for plots 9 to 11 only and pursuant to Planning Approval 2018/0132

    Oakenhead Resource Centre Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RR

    Received 30 Mar 2020
  5. Decided2020/0151

    Householder: First floor side extension over existing garage and erection of 1.5m garden wall to the rear of the property.

    20 Olive Terrace Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JZ

    Received 30 Mar 2020
  6. Decided2020/0152

    Householder: Erection of first floor side extension, new front entrance porch and internal reconfiguration

    2 Elizabeth Drive Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4JB

    Received 31 Mar 2020
  7. Decided2020/0153

    Listed Building Consent: conversion of a single town house into 3 no. self-contained apartments, with associated works.

    12 Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9AF

    Received 1 Apr 2020
  8. Decided2020/0155

    Full: Construction 1 self-build 3-bedroom home (Resubmission of Application 2019/0366)

    Land Adj Goodshaw Vicarage Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 2 Apr 2020
  9. Decided2020/0156

    Full: Erection of Garage to house commercial vehicles associated with Funeral Business

    227 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DJ

    Received 2 Apr 2020
  10. Decided2020/0158

    Building works to barn commenced implementation of Listed Building Consent 1986/0296 and therefore allow completion of the development

    Barn Adjoining Tippett Farm Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AE

    Received 2 Apr 2020
  11. Decided2020/0159

    Creation of wild play areas, upgrading of existing paths and facilities, and installation of new features and equipment. Also includes works to trees (including those covered by Tree Preservation Orders), landscaping and planting.

    Spodden Valley Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire

    Received 3 Apr 2020
  12. Decided2020/0160

    Full: Construction of 8 no. three-bedroom dwellings, with associated access and works.

    Former Car Park Park Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 3 Apr 2020
  13. Decided2020/0161

    Full: Construction of 2 no. dwellings, with associated works.

    Land At Former Weir Hotel Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QE

    Received 7 Apr 2020
  14. Decided2020/0162

    Householder: Second storey side extension above garage and part conversion of the garage to an office.

    11 Hardman Close Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DL

    Received 8 Apr 2020
  15. Decided2020/0163

    Removal of derelict house and erection of detached garage for domestic use

    Higher Whams Farm Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale

    Received 9 Apr 2020
  16. Decided2020/0165

    Prior approval of agricultural building to residential dwelling, with associated operational alterations

    Clough Head Barn Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire OL13 8RG

    Received 30 Mar 2020
  17. Decided2020/0166

    Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed): Erection of single storey rear extension, rear dormer extension and entrance porch.

    334 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JA

    Received 15 Apr 2020
  18. Decided2020/0167

    Provision of hard surfaced area for storage purposes associated with the existing business on site, including construction of retaining wall of up to 1.8m high.

    Melba Swintex Ltd Stubbins Vale Mill Stubbins Vale Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0NT

    Received 15 Apr 2020
  19. Decided2020/0168

    Householder: Single storey rear and two storey side extension

    6 Hall Close Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PS

    Received 15 Apr 2020
  20. Decided2020/0169

    Erection of Agricultural Livestock Building (for the keeping of turkeys)

    Woodland View Back Lane Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2DZ

    Received 15 Apr 2020
  21. Decided2020/0170

    Householder: Wet Room Extension

    25 Sunnybank Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5DQ

    Received 15 Apr 2020
  22. Decided2020/0171

    Householder: Single storey side extension to existing building

    2 Oakley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6RB

    Received 16 Apr 2020
  23. Decided2020/0172

    Installation of 6 m high column with solar battery powered CCTV security camera, enclosed in 3m high gated steel palisade fence.

    Land Off Landgate Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire

    Received 17 Apr 2020
  24. Decided2020/0173

    Householder: Erection of balcony to front elevation and render to front elevation

    95 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SJ

    Received 17 Apr 2020

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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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