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Rossendale Borough Council
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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
11,711Searchable applications
398Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 9,513 approved or refused records
1,731Refused applications

7,782 approved · 1,731 refused · 488 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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. Decided2024/0313

    Discharge of condition 9 (Land contamination) and Condition 16 (Future maintenance of new access road) pursuant to planning approval 2022/0031

    Land Off Holly Mount Holly Mount Way Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8FW

    Received 25 Jul 2024
  2. Decided2024/0314

    Erection of a side extension to form a domestic garage

    42 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS

    Received 25 Jul 2024
  3. Decided2024/0315

    Change of use of a public house into a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (sui-generis) including external alterations

    Commercial Hotel 318A Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UJ

    Received 25 Jul 2024
  4. Decided2024/0316

    Agricultural storage building for storage of hay, feed, machinery and implements

    New Barn Farm Chapel Hill Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8TD

    Received 25 Jul 2024
  5. Decided2024/0317

    Double porch to front of house and double porch to side of house with dormer roofline and full height doors and juliet balconies to the rear.

    Stubbylee Moss Farm Deansgreave Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9SA

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  6. Decided2024/0318

    Variation of condition 16 (Future maintenance of new access road) pursuant to planning approval 2022/0031

    Land Off Holly Mount Holly Mount Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8FW

    Received 29 Jul 2024
  7. Decided2024/0319

    Retrospective change of use of agricultural land to residential land, erection of greenhouse and creation of hardstanding.

    12 Milne Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QP

    Received 30 Jul 2024
  8. Decided2024/0320

    Householder: Addition of a single storey outbuilding and creation of two off-street parking spaces

    5 Westgate Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8UW

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  9. Decided2024/0322

    Householder: Proposed alterations to existing extension and addition of accessible single storey extension to rear and side. Addition of pitch/flat roof to existing shower room and associated external works

    9 Staghills Road Newchurch Rossendale BB4 7TX

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  10. Decided2024/0321

    Full: Demolition of detached garage and building of one new dwellinghouse (Self Build).

    4 Whitehead Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7RB

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  11. Decided2024/0323

    Continuous occupation of Butcher Acre Farmhouse by those not mainly or solely employed in agriculture or forestry in the locality of the property, in breach of condition 3 of permission 13/4/3433 and 2 of permission 1975/0349. and The construction, without planning permission, of the following: A: a tennis court and associated excavation works, B: a rear extension to the Farmhouse and associated excavation works, C: a wooden stables building, and D: two stone outbuildings to be used as garages and associated excavation works.

    Butcher Acre Farm Bury Old Road Shuttleworth Ramsbottom Bury BL9 6SY

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  12. Decided2024/0324

    Erection of new building attached to 13 Broadway Crescent to create a further commercial unit as a beauty salon, with extension to rear to provide office and WC. Extension to rear of No 13 to provide an office for the property and refurbishment of existing property.

    13 Broadway Crescent Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4HW

    Received 31 Jul 2024
  13. Decided2024/0325

    Prior notification for change of use from commercial to mixed use

    86 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8EG

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  14. Decided2024/0326

    Householder: Construction of single storey extension to south elevation and works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Orders.

    393 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JA

    Received 1 Aug 2024
  15. Decided2024/0327

    Householder: Adaptions and single storey accessible bedroom and shower room to side extension

    11 Princess Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HQ

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  16. Decided2024/0328

    Application to discharge conditions 25 (Highway works) and 33 (Drainage) of planning permission no. 2020/0363 (now conditions 23 and 31 of planning permission number 2024/0223) (Full: Erection of a foodstore with new vehicular access/egress to Henrietta Street, new internal vehicular access road, car parking, servicing area, and hard and soft landscaping; alongside road widening works to Henrietta Street).

    Development Site Former Forest Mill Henrietta Street Bacup Lancashire

    Received 2 Aug 2024
  17. Decided2024/0329

    Householder: Demolition of single storey rear conservatory and construction of part single/part two storey wrap around rear and side extension; re-rendering of first floor of existing property; installation of new windows, and creation of new parking area to front of house.

    657 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6LL

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  18. Decided2024/0027/TCA

    Works to trees within Cloughfold Conservation Area, within the garden of Springhill House, specifically: 1) Willow - pollard back to existing pollard level, 2) Lime Tree - remove dead branches and epicormic growth, 3) Lime Tree (2) - Remove epicormic growth, 4) Weeping Beach - remove dead wood + reduce canopy by 10% where branches are hanging over neighbour's roof and crossing into other tree's canopies (The Lodge), 5) Hawthorn - fell as closer to property than 5m and leaning towards property.

    Springhill House Edge Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SP

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  19. Decided2024/0330

    Proposed telecommunications installation. Proposed MBNL 30.00m FLI Slimline Lattice Tower on 6.25m x 6.25m reinforced concrete base, C/W 6No. Antenna Apertures, 24 No. RRUs, 6No. MHAs, 6No. Active Routers, 6No. BOBs and 4No. 600 Dishes and associated ancillary works.

    Rakehead Blackwood Road Bacup OL13 0QB

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  20. Decided2024/0331

    Proposed Change of Use of ground, and part first, floors of building from Gym to MOT Station and associated external alterations

    M R Garage 7 Ratcliffe Fold Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5PZ

    Received 5 Aug 2024
  21. Decided2024/0332

    Application to discharge requirements of Condition 3 (contractors compound details) and Condition 7 (drainage details) of planning permission no. 2023/0477 (Proposed extension to the school incorporating a new multiuse space providing sports facilities/performance hall, an extension to the existing plantroom for the services of the new building, equipment store, landscaping works, and erection of steel shipping container within school grounds).

    Tor View School Clod Lane Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6LR

    Received 7 Aug 2024
  22. Decided2024/0028/TPO

    Removal (felling) of Copper Beech in front garden of Whitworth House (within Whitworth Square Conservation Area) that according to a report commisioned by Rossendale Borough Council in 1999, would have outgrown its position by 2014/15. Two ornamental trees (Acacia) have already been planted in 2004 to facilitate the removal of the overgrown Copper Beech, these trees have not yet reached maturity due to the lack of light from the beech tree. Concern over possibility of damage caused by the tree, to Whitworth House which is a Grade II Listed Building.

    Whitworth House Whitworth Square Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8PY

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  23. Decided2024/0029/TPO

    Works to trees within group T2/G/A1, More specifically T1 (Ash) Fell: G3 (Ash) Fell: T6 (Ash) Fell: T24 (Ash) Fell: T8 (Ash) Fell: T19 (Ash) Fell: T41 (Ash) Fell: T53 (Ash) Fell: T68 (Ash) Fell: T75 (Ash) Fell: T77 (Ash) Fell: T71 (Ash) Fell: T112 (Horese Chestnut) Fell: G47 (Ash) Fell: G59 (Ash) Fell: G70 (Ash) Fell: T109 (Horse Chestnut) Fell: T130 (Sycamore) Fell: T133 (Sycamore) Fell: T137 (Sycamore) Fell: T76 (Ash) Reduce to 4-6 metres to form habitat pole: T21 (Beech) Reduce limb by 2 metres: T72 (Sycamore) Remove deadwood over footpath: T74 (Sycamore) Remove deadwood over footpath: T79 (Beech) Remove deadwood over footpath: T107 (Horse Chestnut) Remove rope girdling stem: T108 (Sycamore) Remove deadwood in Crown: T118 (Sycamore) Remove deadwood in Crown: T122 (Sycamore) Crown Reduce by 1-2 metres and prune.

    Carter Hall Park Acre Haslingden BB4 5BQ

    Received 8 Aug 2024
  24. Decided2024/0335

    Lawful Development Certificate: Demolition of existing Garage, new single storey extension to side elevation

    23 Douglas Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PR

    Received 13 Aug 2024

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