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Rossendale

In the last 12 months, 88.6% of householder applications were approved in Rossendale (70 decided). A typical householder decision takes about fourteen weeks (median 95 days).

Full planning applications: 85.2% approved (81 decided).

Across all application types on record (1971-03-11–2026-06-25): 85.9% of 1,459 decisions approved.

1,755Total applications
1,253Approved
206Refused
70Withdrawn
190Pending
85.9%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 402 335 67
83.3%
Full Planning Application 332 274 58
82.5%
Discharge of Conditions 172 166 6
96.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 118 108 10
91.5%
Tree Works (TPO) 103 94 9
91.3%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 51 43 8
84.3%
Listed Building Consent 40 36 4
90.0%
Prior Approval (Other) 38 32 6
84.2%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 36 35 1
97.2%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 29 26 3
89.7%
Advertisement Consent 28 23 5
82.1%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 27 27 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 21 16 5
76.2%
Permission in Principle 20 8 12
40.0%
Change of Use 19 16 3
84.2%
Outline Planning 4 0 4
0.0%
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditio 3 3 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 3 1 2
33.3%
Technical Details Consent 3 2 1
66.7%
Reserved Matters 2 2 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 2 2 0
100.0%
Demolition 2 2 0
100.0%
Pavement Licence 1 1 0
100.0%
Enquiry 1 1 0
100.0%
Prior App dwellings additional storeys 1 0 1
0.0%
Enforcement 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 138 113
81.9%
2023-Q4 114 87
76.3%
2024-Q1 94 65
69.1%
2024-Q2 112 97
86.6%
2024-Q3 135 121
89.6%
2024-Q4 108 94
87.0%
2025-Q1 89 83
93.3%
2025-Q2 112 104
92.9%
2025-Q3 125 120
96.0%
2025-Q4 93 78
83.9%
2026-Q1 103 94
91.3%
2026-Q2 37 34
91.9%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Helmshore 171 152 19
88.9%
Longholme 147 128 19
87.1%
Greenfield And Eden 120 109 11
90.8%
Hareholme And Waterfoot 101 94 7
93.1%
Haslingden 81 68 13
84.0%
Britannia And Lee Mill 80 73 7
91.2%
Historic - Greensclough 69 59 10
85.5%
Historic - Worsley 67 57 10
85.1%
Historic - Hareholme 63 51 12
81.0%
Whitewell And Stacksteads 57 49 8
86.0%
Whitworth 55 51 4
92.7%
Historic - Eden 52 41 11
78.8%
Planning guides

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