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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 dates11,548Searchable applications
398Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 9,371 approved or refused records
1,704Refused applications
7,667 approved · 1,704 refused · 480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building ControlContact planning Planning and building control contact detailsLocal 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.
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
- Decided2024/0100
S73 Variation of Condition 2 in relation amending the location of the dwelling pursuant to planning approval 2023/0241
Land Off Mills Street Whitworth Rossendale
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0101
Householder: Proposed garage conversion, to include the installation of heat pump, render to elevations and the alteration of the roof plane to match the existing.
24 Park Wood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6RP
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0102
Householder: 2 storey side extension to existing property
1 Rockcliffe Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 8JH
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0103
Retention of hand car wash facility and associated works
Car Wash The Corn Exchange Roberts Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8EU
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0104
Householder: Proposed demolition of outbuildings and replacement with summerhouse
Stone Acre Farm Rochdale Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0RL
Received 13 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0105
Householder: Erection of single storey entrance porch extension, extension to existing rear dormer. Replacement windows and application of cement render to walls
12 Elizabeth Drive Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JB
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0108
Householder: Erection of single storey gable extension
67 Booth Road Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 9BP
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0109
Full: Proposed new multi-use artificial grass pitch to replace existing tarmac playground, with the addition of new fencing and gate to match existing.
Crawshawbooth County Primary School Burnley Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AN
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0110
use of bungalow as dwelling house
Oak House Farm Bungalow Oak Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8NP
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0111
Proposed single storey rear extension to form Kitchen / Dining Room, and internal alterations to provide ground floor WC and Utility room.
44 Grange Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7RU
Received 15 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0011/TPO
Works to trees within TPO Land in the Vicinity of School Court and Stubbins United Reformed Church Graveyard T2/102 1996, specifically the felling of no.1 Ash
Stubbins Graveyard Bolton Road North Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0NA
Received 18 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0112
Erection of single storey extension to left side of existing detached home.
35 Cherry Tree Way Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JZ
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0113
Advertisement Consent: 1x vinyl sign 4x internally-illuminated fascia signs 1x internally-illuminated totem sign
Land Formally Occupied By Forest Mill Henrietta Street Bacup OL13 0AR
Received 19 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0114
Demolition of existing cow shed and erection of single storey dwelling
Tong Farm Tong Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9XA
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0115
Full: External alterations comprising of: the provision of a landscaped parking area and bin store to the rear of the building; replacement of the timber garage door on the front elevation to glazing; and provision of an additional basement window on the Pilling Street elevation of the building.
Orchard Works Millar Barn Lane Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AU
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0116
Full: Erection of a multipurpose agriculture building
Lower Lench Farm Lench Fold Clough Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AF
Received 20 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0117
Householder: detached domestic garage.
Longacres View Minnie Street Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8JX
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0012/TPO
Works to trees within A2 of TPO. 1974 (Healey Dell No.2 Whitworth, specifically fell three trees
Healey Dene Healey Dell Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 6BG
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0118
Garage
Plot 7 Garage Site Mark Street Stacksteads Bacup
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0119
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Use: Construction of a single storey garage.
52 Barnes Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8ST
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0120
Prior Approval for the change of use from a light industrial use to a future residential use.
Orchard Works Millar Barn Lane Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AU
Received 21 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0121
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed Use: Construction of a dormer
Kashmir House Co Operation Street Cloughfold Rossendale BB4 7QL
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0122
Householder: demolish existing conservatory and replacement with a single storey rear extension, including re-rendering the rear of the dwelling, amendments to fenestration, internal alterations and erection of raised decking.
73 Mercer Crescent Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4RG
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decided2024/0123
Proposed single storey extension at the rear
6 Worston Close Constable Lee Rossendale BB4 8UP
Received 25 Mar 2024
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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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