New housing in Rossendale Borough Council
We read Rossendale Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 6,452 of its planning applications going back to 1975, and 43 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 96% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 96% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 6,452
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 | 51 | 30 | 12 |
| 2024 | 53 | 37 | 12 |
| 2023 | 88 | 54 | 28 |
| 2022 | 58 | 38 | 13 |
| 2021 | 93 | 51 | 32 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Land On The West Side Of Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) for residential development of up to 50 dwellings. 2026/0204 | Awaiting decision | 20 Jul 2026 |
| 46 | Land To The West Of Blackburn Road, Edenfield Major: The erection of 46 no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) including all associated drainage, landscaping and public open space. 2025/0494 | Awaiting decision | 21 Jan 2026 |
| 41 | Land South Of Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire Proposed demolition of a 2 storey detached house and construction of a proposed residential development of 41no. dwellings (Use Class C3) with, access, associated infrastructure and landscaping. 2026/0411 | Awaiting decision | 13 Oct 2026 |
| 40 | Land At Lower Carr Farm Yarraville Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6BU Outline application for the erection of up to 40 dwellings, with all matters reserved except access. 2025/0379 | Awaiting decision | 24 Sept 2025 |
| 40 | Land At Former Waterbarn Recreation Ground Brandwood Road Stacksteads Outline application for the erection of up to 40 dwellings, with all matters reserved except access. 2024/0295 | Withdrawn | 11 Apr 2025 |
| 39 | Land West Of Great Clough Drive Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8XP Full application for the erection of 39 dwellings and creation of public open space. 2026/0297 | Awaiting decision | 11 Aug 2026 |
| 30 | Irwell Vale Mill Aitken Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QG Reserved Matters Application (including Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) Pursuant to Outline Planning Permission ref. 2019/0405 (Re-development of site and erection of up to 30 no. dwellings) 2024/0342 | Awaiting decision | 3 Sept 2024 |
| 28 | Land West Of Burnley Road South Side Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QL Full: erection of 28 no. affordable dwellings and associated works. 2026/0235 | Awaiting decision | 1 Sept 2026 |
| 20 | Wavell House Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire Conversion of existing office building to create 20no. apartments. 2025/0459 | Approved | 10 Dec 2025 |
| 14 | Glen Top Works Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire Change of use and conversion of commercial unit to 14no apartments - previously approved application 2019/0101 2023/0553 | Approved | 20 Feb 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Rossendale Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.