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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

13,797Searchable applications

396Recorded as pending

82%Approval rate · 11,379 approved or refused records

2,009Refused applications

9,370 approved · 2,009 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2005/155
Change of use from residential to retail shop (A1); Installation of new shop front
Received 14 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/154
Erection of conservatory to rear
Received 14 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/153
Change of use of barn to additional living accommodation
Received 14 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/152
Change of use from vacant land to residential curtilage
Received 14 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/151
Erection of extension to form agricultural meat cutting room
Received 14 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/150
New 15 m long concrete footbridge together with the diversion of footpath 652 across the River Irwell and temporary access road during construction
Received 14 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/145
Change of House Type
Received 10 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/144
Erection of 1 no. three bed detached house
Received 10 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/143 LB
Removal of internal wall between kitchen & dining room to create open plan living space
Received 8 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/142
Erection of 162 houses (Amended scheme)
Land Off Rochdale Road
Received 7 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/141
Demolition of garage and erection of detached garage
Received 7 Mar 2005
UnknownX/2005/140
Creation of a dropped kerb to allow vehicular access
Received 7 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/139
Change of use from hairdressers to residential
Received 7 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/138
Erection of single storey side extension
Received 7 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/137
Erection of 6 Town Houses
Received 7 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/136
Erection of conservatory to rear of property
Received 2 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/135
Single Storey Side Extension.
Received 2 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/134
Outline - Erection of three dwellings
Received 2 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/133
Regrade of pavement below the ATM, in order to provide a level platform & compliant height under DDA Objectives
Received 2 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/132
Single storey extension to Rear.
5 Knowl Meadow Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LW
Received 10 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/131
Erection of conservatory to gable elevation
Received 2 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/130
Two storey side extension
Received 1 Mar 2005
DecidedX/2005/129
Two Storey Rear Extension
Received 28 Feb 2005
DecidedX/2005/128
Erection of two storey extension at front and single storey extension at the rear
Wesley Old Hall Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RA
Received 1 Mar 2005

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Researching a proposal in Rossendale Borough Council

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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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