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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rossendale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,970 approved · 1,173 refused · 381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
8 Myrtle Grove Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DE
Received 23 May 2014The Cabin Goodshaw Lane Haslingden Rossendale BB5 2DW
Received 27 May 201410 Kingston Crescent Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LH
Received 28 May 201459 Gincroft Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JW
Received 28 May 201477 Eden Avenue Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LD
Received 29 May 2014Land Off Fieldfare Way & Siskin Avenue Off Douglas Road Bacup Lancashire
Received 29 May 201416 Brooklands Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EU
Received 29 May 2014Former Garage Colony Adjacent To Stacksteads Riverside Park Blackwood Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire
Received 30 May 2014Pewitt Hall Farm Back Lane Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2DZ
Received 30 May 2014Farmers Glory Inn Roundhill Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5TU
Received 2 Jun 2014Coldwells Cottage Roundhill Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TU
Received 2 Jun 201494 Burnley Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HW
Received 3 Jun 2014Pack Horse Garage Market Street Edenfield BL0 0JF
Received 3 Jun 2014551 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0NH
Received 3 Jun 201420 Hollinwood Drive Reeds Holme Rossendale BB4 8DE
Received 4 Jun 201420 Farholme Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0EX
Received 5 Jun 2014363 Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TH
Received 6 Jun 2014Land At Siskin Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9BH
Received 6 Jun 2014457 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AT
Received 6 Jun 2014Former Cloughfold Dairy Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 10 Jun 20141 Heycrofts View Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HG
Received 10 Jun 2014112 Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TA
Received 10 Jun 201427 Stoneholme Terrace And Land To Irs Rear/Side Stoneholme Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8BD
Received 10 Jun 2014Carter Place Stables Hall Park Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5BQ
Received 10 Jun 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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