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Rawtenstall Cemetery Lodge 19 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EW

2026/0413Awaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Proposed Lawful Development Certificate: Proposed use of the site for burials facilitated by the regrading of the land, installation of burial vaults, the laying of hardstanding to access routes and storage area and the erection of fencing.

Received
14 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Longholme
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Rawtenstall Cemetery Lodge 19 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EW. Rossendale has handled 1,354 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Rawtenstall conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Longholme. We hold 1,081 applications in total for the BB4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BB4 8EW

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Chris Dobson

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Rossendale

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