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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
12,707Searchable applications
398Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 10,398 approved or refused records
1,866Refused applications

8,532 approved · 1,866 refused · 529 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. UnknownX/C157

    To cut down 1 Sycamore tree

    Received 18 Jul 2006
  2. UnknownX/C152

    To inspect 1 Ash tree and recommend treatment

    Received 26 Jun 2006
  3. UnknownX/C151

    To fell one tree (Refused) Pruning (Granted)

    Received 22 Jun 2006
  4. UnknownX/C150

    To prune side shoots back to the canopy

    Received 14 Jun 2006
  5. UnknownX/C146

    Felling or adequate pruning to 1 Sycamore tree

    Received 9 May 2006
  6. UnknownX/C145

    Remove one trunk and thin the canopy of one Sycamore tree

    Received 25 Apr 2006
  7. UnknownX/C142

    To trim the branches of 4 trees

    Received 11 Apr 2006
  8. DecidedX/2007/739

    Change of use from B1 to vehicle dismantling and storage/sale of re-usable parts

    Unit 8 Spodden Mill Station Road Facit Rochdale Lancashire

    Received 12 Dec 2007
  9. DecidedX/2007/738

    Alterations to front of building, first floor extension and change of use of vacant land to provide additional car parking facilities. This includes 204 sqm of floorspace created for offices & warehouses.

    Livesey Shoe Company 206 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7PA

    Received 19 Dec 2007
  10. DecidedX/2007/737

    Demolition of the existing garage building and redevelopment of the site for 3 storey block of 10 no. one bedroom apartments with 11 parking space (re-submission of 2007/636)

    Packhorse Farm Market Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HJ

    Received 12 Dec 2007
  11. DecidedX/2007/734

    Erection of two storey rear extension (Revised scheme)

    11 Lawson Street Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8BJ

    Received 7 Dec 2007
  12. DecidedX/2007/733

    Change of use from travel agents (A1) to estate Agents (A2)

    89 - 91 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 20 Dec 2007
  13. DecidedX/2007/732

    Erection of non illuminated signage

    89 - 91 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 20 Dec 2007
  14. DecidedX/2007/731

    Revised house type

    Plot 5 Worswick Green Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  15. DecidedX/2007/729

    Two storey/first floor extension to rear and conversion of attic with dormers to sides (re submission of 2007/603)

    The Bungalow Highfield Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5EX

    Received 12 Dec 2007
  16. DecidedX/2007/728

    Single storey extension rear and side extension with pitched roof

    103 Fairfield Avenue Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9TH

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  17. DecidedX/2007/727

    Single storey rear extension

    Greenfold Farm Bottomley Bank Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TL

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  18. DecidedX/2007/726

    Extension to existing waste transfer facility including the erection of a new building, weighbridge and the construction of an area of hardstanding through the importation of inert material

    Rakehead Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  19. DecidedX/2007/724

    Erection of two free standing illuminated signs

    Haslingden Service Station Blackburn Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QG

    Received 30 Nov 2007
  20. DecidedX/2007/721

    Erection of exterior lift and exterior lighting of building.

    Wesley House 4 - 6 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7ND

    Received 30 Nov 2007
  21. DecidedX/2007/717

    Siting of residential mobile home (Retrospective)

    Carter Place Stables Hall Park Acre Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BQ

    Received 13 Dec 2007
  22. DecidedX/2007/716

    Erection of 61 no. Houses provision of play area and parking for existing residents/school & entailing felling of protecting trees (Outline)

    Land Adjacent Broadclough Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PS

    Received 30 Nov 2007
  23. DecidedX/2007/715

    Single storey extension at side

    Middle Whitewell House Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9LQ

    Received 29 Nov 2007
  24. DecidedX/2007/714

    Erection of conservatory to rear

    15 Pendleton Avenue Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UX

    Received 27 Nov 2007

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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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