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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.
5,972 approved · 1,173 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Northern End Of Hollin Way, To The Rear Of No's 19 - 21 Billington Avenue Rawtenstall BB4 8TF
Received 10 Jun 2014Rossendale Golf Club Ewood Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LH
Received 11 Jun 201422 Lower Cribden Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SW
Received 13 Jun 2014Tesco Express 518 - 524 Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8QW
Received 13 Jun 201428 Highfield Park Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BH
Received 17 Jun 2014Land At Holmefield House Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NB
Received 17 Jun 2014Springfield Court South Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DH
Received 17 Jun 20141 Buckingham Close Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DY
Received 18 Jun 201413 Heather Close Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JN
Received 20 Jun 201428 Bolton Road North Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0EZ
Received 20 Jun 2014121 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RR
Received 23 Jun 2014Apartments 102 & 202 Holly Mount Holly Mount Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8FW
Received 24 Jun 2014Building South Of Mill House Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 26 Jun 2014Building Adjacent Larkhill Barn Roundhill Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 26 Jun 201434 Anemone Drive Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NJ
Received 26 Jun 20141A Deansgrave Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BZ
Received 27 Jun 201434 Holden Wood Drive Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4RQ
Received 27 Jun 2014Western Park Western Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire
Received 30 Jun 2014Grane Road Mill Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PL
Received 30 Jun 2014590 Free Lane Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LT
Received 1 Jul 2014Unit 8 New Line Industrial Estate The Sidings Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RW
Received 2 Jul 2014Willows Wags And Whiskers Willows Farm Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TN
Received 2 Jul 201415 Middlegate Green Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8PY
Received 2 Jul 2014Lower Bridge Clough Farm Coal Pit Lane Whitewell Bottom Rossendale BB4 9SB
Received 2 Jul 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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