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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.
5,955 approved · 1,169 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawthorn House Milne Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QP
Received 14 Mar 2014Crawshaw Hall Pump House Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LZ
Received 14 Mar 2014Crawshaw Hall Pump House Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8LZ
Received 14 Mar 201469 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5SN
Received 14 Mar 2014Roebuck Inn 1 Charles Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5EA
Received 17 Mar 201420 Sidmouth Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QJ
Received 18 Mar 20148 The Close Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2ST
Received 19 Mar 2014Cowpe Bottom Farm Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DQ
Received 19 Mar 2014Vale Lodge Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QR
Received 20 Mar 2014The Hollins Hollin Way Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 2014Greensnook Farm Greensnook Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DQ
Received 24 Mar 2014Plantation Works Heys Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9QL
Received 24 Mar 2014St Veronicas Rc Primary School Raven Avenue Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4EZ
Received 25 Mar 2014106 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SA
Received 25 Mar 2014West View Garage West View Road Whitewell Bottom Rossendale BB4 9LR
Received 26 Mar 20141 Musden Avenue Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4HA
Received 26 Mar 201458 Hoghton Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RD
Received 26 Mar 201433 Rockcliffe Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9QG
Received 26 Mar 2014Heather Bank Highgate Lane Whitworth Rochdale OL12 8SL
Received 27 Mar 2014Land Adjacent 14 Melrose Terrace Weir Lane Weir Bacup Lancashire
Received 28 Mar 20148-12 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8EW
Received 1 Apr 2014Land At Cowm Park Way Hall Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8TL
Received 1 Apr 201425 St Thomass Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PJ
Received 1 Apr 201411 Laund Hey View Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4BB
Received 1 Apr 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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