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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

12,093Searchable applications

398Recorded as pending

82%Approval rate · 9,851 approved or refused records

1,782Refused applications

8,069 approved · 1,782 refused · 509 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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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

Decided2025/0237
Non-Material Amendment: plot boundary to delineate the plots from the bridleway updated from box hedge to 1.2m post and rail fence, and plot 46 handing updated from an As to Opp.
Street Record Eastgate Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 18 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0238
Approval of details reserved by Condition 17 (Validation Report) of outline planning permission no. 2018/0414 (Residential development of 22 terraced properties).
Plots 18 - 22 Spring Vale Mews Bacup Lancashire
Received 19 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0239
Advertisment Consent: Double-sided digital displays to replace existing Double-sided Internally Illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays. Digital displays to portray static advertising images that change every 10 seconds.
Advertising Bus Shelter 3311-0038 Bacup Road Opposite Number 264 Rawtenstall Cloughfold BB4 7PP
Received 19 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0240
Advertisement Consent: Double-sided digital displays to replace existing Double-sided Internally Illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays. Digital displays to portray static advertising images that change every 10 seconds.
Advertising Bus Shelter 3311-0027 Bacup Road Opposite Hareholme Lane Rawtenstall Cloughfold BB4 7LF
Received 19 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0241
Discharge of Condition - Condition 3 (Surface water drainage and foul water drainage scheme), Condition 5 (Construction method statement), Condition 9 (Land Contamination) and Condition 11 (Sample Materials) pursuant to application 2024/0321.
4 Whitehead Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RB
Received 18 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0242
Householder: Replacement dormers to the front elevation. Replacement and extension to the balcony to the front elevation. Demolition of existing rear extension and replacement with new single storey rear extension. Addition of first floor rear extension and rear dormer at second floor level
15 Lower Cribden Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SW
Received 20 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0243
Single storey rear extension projecting 6m, width 8.05m
Top O Th Bank Farm Kings Highway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TZ
Received 23 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0244
Full: Installation of new lighting associated with approved EVC hub (as approved under application ref. 2024/0435)
Rising Bridge Service Station Blackburn Road Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2SB
Received 23 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0245
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service Use (Class E) to Single Dwelling (Class C3).
9 Church Street Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7HL
Received 23 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0246
Householder: Two Storey Side and Rear Extension.
Closes Barn Croston Close Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL9 6TB
Received 23 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0247
Proposed side & rear single storey extensions.
36 Broadway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4HB
Received 23 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0248
Approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (drainage strategy) and 10 (S.278 construction details) pursuant to planning appeal decision APP/B2355/W/24/3356090 (planning application ref: 2022/0543).
Land Off Fieldfare Way Bacup Lancashire
Received 24 Jun 2025
Pending Consideration2025/0249
Approval of details reserved by conditions 1 - 9 pursuant to planning permission 2024/0385 for the proposed change of use from offices to a community zoo business. Including small external enclosures adjacent to the building and an external access ramp.
Unit 10 Ewood Bridge Mill Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LB
Received 25 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0250
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Contaminated Land Risk Assessment/Investigation), pursuant to planning permission 2023/0232 for an agricultural building, manege and glamping pods (re submission 2021/0195)
7 Law Head Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Received 24 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0251
Discharge of condition 3 (Sample Material) pursuant to application 2022/0384.
10 Taylor Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8PT
Received 25 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0252
Discharge of Condition 4 (Land Contamination) pursuant to application 2024/0443.
Lower Walls Farm Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NE
Received 25 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0253
Childrens' residential care home for up to 3 children with carer accommodation (Use Class C2)
52 Hall Carr Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AW
Received 30 Jun 2025
Pending Consideration2025/0254
Proposed development of two adjoined residential dwellings comprising one five-bedroom and one two-bedroom home including associated landscaping, on-site parking , and the creation of a new pedestrian footpath along the site frontage.
Land South West Of Ewood Lane, Haslingden, Rossendale BB4 6LQ
Received 30 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0255
Discharge of Condition 4 (Materials and drainage measures for a driveway) pursuant to approval granted under 2024/0280.
16 Kingston Crescent Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LH
Received 30 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0256
Installation of hare sculpture on Rawtenstall Town Square
Rawtenstall Town Square Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QS
Received 27 Jun 2025
Decided2025/0257
Retrospective application for a rear single storey play house.
4 Maple Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5NQ
Received 2 Jul 2025
Decided2025/0258
Removal of Condition 4 (Car Parking Area) and Condition 5 (Droppped Kerb) pursuant to planning approval 2021/0124.
4 Maple Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5NQ
Received 2 Jul 2025
Decided2025/0259
Advertisement Consent: Double-sided digital displays to replace existing Double-sided Internally Illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays. Digital displays to portray static advertising images that change every 10 seconds.
Advertising Bus Shelter 3311-0045 Bacup Road Outside 695-699 Rossendale Rawtenstall BB4 7HB
Received 2 Jul 2025
Decided2025/0260
Advertisement Consent: Double-sided digital displays to replace existing Double-sided Internally Illuminated 6-sheet Bus Shelter advertising displays. Digital displays to portray static advertising images that change every 10 seconds.
Advertising Bus Shelter 3311-0058 Haslingden Road, Before No. 42, Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6QZ
Received 2 Jul 2025

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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.

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