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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.
5,993 approved · 1,179 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Height Side Farm Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9UG
Received 30 Sept 201469 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SN
Received 30 Sept 2014Land At Crook Hill Reddyshore Scout Gate Lane Todmorden
Received 1 Oct 20149 Croft Acres Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LX
Received 1 Oct 2014Millbeck House Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DQ
Received 2 Oct 20147 Hardsough Fold Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QN
Received 2 Oct 2014333 Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NF
Received 2 Oct 2014301 Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RX
Received 6 Oct 20142 Plant Close Croston Close Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL9 6TB
Received 3 Oct 201487 Booth Crescent Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9BU
Received 6 Oct 2014Land Adjacent 548 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 7 Oct 2014375 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EH
Received 7 Oct 20145 Ogden Drive Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NN
Received 7 Oct 2014Dickinson Barn Farm Old Meadows Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PX
Received 8 Oct 2014Higher Carr Farm Hall Carr Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6BS
Received 9 Oct 2014Rossendale Golf Club Ewood Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LH
Received 10 Oct 2014Lockgate Farm Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QG
Received 10 Oct 2014Rakehead Farm Royds Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0PG
Received 13 Oct 201416 Slaidburn Avenue Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JS
Received 13 Oct 20149 Daffodil Close Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NG
Received 14 Oct 2014Horse & Bamboo Theatre Victoria Works 679 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7HB
Received 15 Oct 2014Tesco Syke Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LY
Received 15 Oct 2014Tesco Syke Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LY
Received 15 Oct 2014Top O Th Bank Cottage Maden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8NL
Received 15 Oct 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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