Decision times · North West
How long planning decisions take in Rossendale
77 days.
In the year to December 2026, the median planning application decided by Rossendale took 77 days from submission to decision — 21 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 231 decisions where the council published both dates.
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Not ranked yet: our records do not yet pass the historical coverage, monthly continuity, missing-date and refresh checks for this window. The figure above is still what the published dates say; it is left out of the league table so it cannot distort the ranking. See the methodology.
How Rossendale compares
Year to December 2026
Rossendale takes longer than the country as a whole: 20 days above the national median of 57 days. Nationally 49% of applications are decided within eight weeks; here it is 35%.
The average here is 123 days, longer than the median because a handful of applications take very much longer than the rest. For planning around, 231 days is the more useful number: nine applications in ten were decided inside it.
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Within eight weeks the statutory target 80 35%
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Eight to thirteen weeks the major development band 68 29%
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Over thirteen weeks commonly an agreed extension 83 36%
By type of application
Year to December 2026 · types with at least ten decisions
The headline median mixes every kind of application together. A householder extension and an outline application for a housing site are not the same job, and the difference between them is usually larger than the difference between two councils.
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Trees 18 decided 32 days
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Householder 24 decided 83 days
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Conditions 26 decided 84 days
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Full applications 30 decided 101 days
What Rossendale decides
Year to December 2026
Rossendale issued 231 decisions in the year to December 2026. Of the clear-cut outcomes, 91% were approvals: 193 granted against 20 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes sit outside that percentage rather than being counted as either.
Speed and approval rate are separate things. A council that refuses quickly is not doing the same job as one that negotiates an approval slowly, and neither figure alone says which served the applicant better.
Common questions
How long does a planning decision take in Rossendale?
The median planning application decided by Rossendale in the year to December 2026 took 77 days from submission to decision, 21 days beyond the eight week target. That is measured across 231 decisions where the council published both a start date and a decision date.
Does Rossendale meet the eight week target?
35% of the 231 decisions Rossendale made in the year to December 2026 came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 64% within thirteen weeks. Nine in ten were decided within 231 days. Councils can agree an extension of time with an applicant, so a decision past eight weeks is not necessarily a missed deadline.
Is Rossendale faster or slower than average?
Rossendale is slower than average: its median of 77 days is 20 days above the national median of 57 days.
What proportion of applications does Rossendale approve?
91% of the clear-cut outcomes Rossendale issued in the year to December 2026 were approvals: 193 granted against 20 refused. Split decisions, withdrawals and other outcomes are excluded from that percentage.
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Rossendale planning decision times, year to December 2026: median 77 days from application to decision (21 days beyond the eight week target), across 231 decisions with both dates published. 35% were decided within the eight week statutory target, 64% within thirteen weeks; nine in ten within 231 days. 91% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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