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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
13,533Searchable applications
396Recorded as pending
82%Approval rate · 11,139 approved or refused records
1,977Refused applications

9,162 approved · 1,977 refused · 567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. DecidedX/2007/157

    First floor extension to bungalow including balcony at front

    216 New Line Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RX

    Received 9 Mar 2007
  2. DecidedX/2007/155

    Two storey side extension and front porch

    23 Rushbed Drive Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NQ

    Received 7 Mar 2007
  3. DecidedX/2007/154

    Moving of a stud wall 30cm into 2nd bedroom and rebuilding with glass brick section. To enlarge bathroom to accommodate new bath suite and allow natural light into the bathroom.

    3 The Greens Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HJ

    Received 13 Mar 2007
  4. UnknownX/2007/153

    Construction of new garage, swimming pool and coversion of garage to extra dweling

    Hart Hill Farm Loveclough Rossendale

    Received 26 Mar 2007
  5. DecidedX/2007/036

    Erection of wind turbine

    Rake Foot Farm Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AS

    Received 1 Feb 2007
  6. DecidedX/2007/035

    Removal of condition 6 & the modification of condition Planning Permission 2006/623 to permit the construction of 8 holiday chalets.

    Croft Top Equestrian Centre Stonefold Village Rising Bridge Rossendale Lancashire BB5 2DP

    Received 22 Jan 2007
  7. DecidedX/2007/034

    Proposed timber store

    Higher Moss Farm Bamford Road Ramsbottom Lancashire Blo Ort

    Received 18 Jan 2007
  8. DecidedX/2007/033

    Formation of 12no. Container storage units with total floor area of 175 m2

    Spodden Mill Station Road Facit Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8LJ

    Received 30 Jan 2007
  9. UnknownX/2006/656

    Construction of a three bedroom, 2 storey new dwelling

    Land Adjacent To 191 Edgeside Lane Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 9TY

    Received 29 Nov 2006
  10. DecidedX/2006/655

    Revisions to approved scheme including conversion of covered area to kitchen and roof alterations

    Spring Bank Farm Haslingden Old Road Rossendale BB4 8RR

    Received 24 Nov 2006
  11. DecidedX/2006/654

    Renewal of planning permission 2001/645 for an extension to existing workshop

    Baldwin Street Works Baldwin Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0LT

    Received 1 Dec 2006
  12. DecidedX/2006/653

    Alterations to exterior elevations, sides & internal alterations

    24 St. James Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NJ

    Received 17 Nov 2006
  13. DecidedX/2006/652

    New access driveway to serve four dwellings (variation of conditions 2 & 12 of the previous approval 2005/526)

    Cockhall Farm Hall Fold Off Water Street Whitworth Lancashire OL12 8XL

    Received 22 Nov 2006
  14. DecidedX/2006/650

    Proposed private stables & menage Re-submission of 2006/547

    Received 15 Dec 2006
  15. DecidedX/2006/649

    Single storey extension at rear

    5 Pine Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5ND

    Received 29 Nov 2006
  16. DecidedX/2006/626

    Replacement of windows to front.

    4 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8EU

    Received 29 Nov 2006
  17. DecidedX/2006/623

    Change of use of land for the Erection of 8 Chalets in Connection with Existing Equestrian Centre (Re-submission)

    Croft Top Farm Stonefold Village Haslingden Rossendale

    Received 6 Nov 2006
  18. UnknownX/2006/622

    Two storey side extension

    Crawshaw Hall Lodge Burnley Road Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LZ

    Received 6 Nov 2006
  19. DecidedX/2006/381

    Erection of porch to front

    441 Blackburn Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AT

    Received 10 Jul 2006
  20. DecidedX/2006/380

    Change of use from office to education tuition centre (Use class D1)

    38A Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DY

    Received 6 Jul 2006
  21. DecidedX/2006/379

    Single storey front, side and rear extensions, and an increase in height of boundary wall to rear

    1 Holmeswood Park Rossendale BB4 6JA

    Received 6 Jul 2006
  22. DecidedX/2006/378

    Erection of detached double garage & repositioning of the existing oil storage tank

    Green Lowe Barn Coal Pit Lane Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9SA

    Received 6 Jul 2006
  23. DecidedX/2006/286

    Erection of detached garage

    The Old Shippon Parkinson Fold Barn Ewood Bridge Haslingden Lancashire BB4 6LE

    Received 26 May 2006
  24. DecidedX/2006/285

    Two storey extension to side

    51 Booth Road Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9BP

    Received 25 May 2006

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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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