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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

13,788Searchable applications

396Recorded as pending

82%Approval rate · 11,370 approved or refused records

2,008Refused applications

9,362 approved · 2,008 refused · 584 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning & Building Control Contact planning Planning and building control contact details Local 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

DecidedX/2005/179
(Outline) erection of one dwelling
Received 22 Mar 2005
UnknownX/2005/178
Conversion of Care Home into two dwellings
Received 22 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/177
Single storey extension and dormer extension
Received 23 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/176
Conversion of barn to residential accommodation for a disabled person
Received 23 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/175
Extension to existing fork lift truck workshop
Received 22 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/174
Erection of garage
Received 22 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/173
Erection of a two storey side extension
Received 21 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/172
Change of use to outdoor riding arena and new access
Received 21 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/171
Erection of side extension & conservatory to rear
Received 21 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/170
Change of use from commercial to residential and alterations to front elevation
250 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UE
Received 21 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/169
Erection of dormer to front elevation
Received 18 Mar 2005
UnknownX/2005/168
Erection of replacement agricultural barn
Received 17 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/167
Erection of timber stables
Received 17 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/166
Change of use from Post Office to Dwelling
Received 17 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/165
Two storey side extension
Received 17 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/164
Erection of 8 terraced 3 bedroom houses
Received 17 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/163
(Outline) Erection of 12 dwellings
Received 16 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/162
Erection of dwelling and detached double garage
Received 16 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/161
Alterations to form 4 residential apartments
Received 16 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/160
Change of use from grazing land to residential curtilage & erection of greenhouse and garden shed
Received 15 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/159
Erection of building to house sheep, hay and agricultural machines
Received 15 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/158
Erection of conservatory to rear
Received 15 Mar 2005
UnknownX/2005/157
Erection of new warehouse and water storage tanks, re-roofiing of existing buildings and associated alterations (Outline).
Received 15 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/156
Conversion and extension of lodge to form single dwelling, and erection of freestanding double garage
Received 14 Mar 2005

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Researching a proposal in Rossendale Borough Council

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Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
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Published 13 Aug 2026Updated 13 Sept 2026

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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