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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 dates11,567Searchable applications
398Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 9,389 approved or refused records
1,707Refused applications
7,682 approved · 1,707 refused · 481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2024/0150
Discharge of condition 4 pursuant to planning approval 2023/0280
Birchcliffe Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SJ
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0013/TPO
Works to tree within W25 of TPO 1954 no.4, specifically the felling of 1no. Sycamore
Woodlands Forest Bank Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NP
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0151
Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Intrusive Investigation/Remediation Works) and 6 (Signed Declaration) pursuant to planning permission 2022/0237 for the erection of an agricultural building
Slip In Farm Maden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8NL
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0152
Proposed conversion and associated operational development (including partial demolition) to create 3 new dwellings from existing agricultural buildings at Hugh Rake Farm, under Part 3, Class Q(a) and (b) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Barn Hugh Rake Farm Cribden Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UE
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0153
Householder: Proposed two storey rear extension and single storey side extension
24 Thirlmere Avenue Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6LU
Received 16 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0154
Permission in principle for between 1 & 8 dwellings
Adjacent 93 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PZ
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0155
Householder: Domestic garage/gym plus refurbishment of dwelling
Reeds Farm Cottage Reeds Lane Reeds Holme Rossendale BB4 8TG
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0157
Non Material Amendment: Change of external materials to k-rend on the side and rear elevation of the extension approved by application 2023/0040.
17 Moorcroft Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LL
Received 17 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0158
Full: Change of use of the premises from Class E (ground floor) and Class C3 (first floor) to a Sui Generis use comprising of a Bakery, Caf�, Restaurant and Bar.
316B Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UJ
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0159
Householder: Construction Of Single Rear & Side Extension
57 Cherry Tree Way Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4JZ
Received 18 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0160
Full: Erection of 3no 3 bed residential dwellings with associated parking and landscaping works
Land Adjacent 117 & 119 Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TF
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0161
Full: Change of use of a small plot of land on the farm holding at Jeffery Barn Farm, from agricultural use to leisure and tourism to facilitate the siting of a Shepherds Hut.
Jeffery Barn Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0162
Prior Approval: Change of use Class E to Class C - 7No. Self contained apartments
The Offices Peel Mill Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8HN
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0163
Prior approval for larger home extension: Single storey rear extension
83 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7QX
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0164
Lawful Development Certificate - Garden building
83 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7QX
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0165
Proposed elevation changes and rear extension
93 - 95 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7NW
Received 19 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0014/TPO
Works to trees within group W59 of TPO 1954 No.4, specifically the felling of 4no. Horse chestnut, crown reduction by approx. 2m of 1no. Horse chestnut and the felling of 1no. Oak.
Fernlea Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JS
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0166
Approval of details reserved by condition 5 (sample materials) and 6 (Land contamination) pursuant to planning approval 2023/0420
Former Barn Top O Th Lea Bury Old Road Shuttleworth Ramsbottom Bury BL0 0RX
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0167
Householder: Part 2 storey and part single storey rear extension to existing dwelling
1 Compston Avenue Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8BZ
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0015/TCA
Works to various trees as per application form
Sion Baptist Church Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0168
Approval of details reserved by condition 7 (Landscaping plan) pursuant to planning approval 2020/0448
Buildings To Rear Of Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0169
Householder: 2 storey side extension to existing dormer bungalow and creation of external parking
22 Horncliffe Close Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6EE
Received 26 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0170
Full: Change of use of part ground floor and first floor into one self contained flat and associated works.
543 Market Street Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8QW
Received 29 Apr 2024 - Decided2024/0171
Householder: Double dormer to no. 1 & 3
1 - 3 Chapel Terrace Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 9PE
Received 30 Apr 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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