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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.
6,003 approved · 1,180 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TS
Received 11 Dec 201428 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TS
Received 11 Dec 2014Land East Of 10 Clough End Road Clough End Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 11 Dec 2014Horncliffe Mansion Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JS
Received 12 Dec 2014Land To Rear Of 261 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PB
Received 12 Dec 2014Dykes Barn Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ
Received 15 Dec 201430 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5ST
Received 15 Dec 2014Land To The West Of Park Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AR
Received 15 Dec 2014Land At Siskin Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9BH
Received 15 Dec 2014Trubend Rockcliffe Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9QG
Received 16 Dec 2014110 Bury Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0ET
Received 16 Dec 2014Alderwood Market Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JH
Received 17 Dec 2014Sheephouse Farm Greens Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0JS
Received 18 Dec 2014The Pit Yard Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire
Received 19 Dec 2014117 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RR
Received 19 Dec 2014St John The Evangelist Parish Church Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8AB
Received 22 Dec 2014St John The Evangelist Parish Church Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8AB
Received 22 Dec 201477 Eden Avenue Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LD
Received 23 Dec 2014Three Lane Ends Farm Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PA
Received 23 Dec 2014Land Off Rockcliffe Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9QP
Received 23 Dec 20145 Peter Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7NR
Received 23 Dec 2014High Moor Farm Moor Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TX
Received 24 Dec 2014Lumb Slack Farm Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9PQ
Received 24 Dec 2014Gib Hill Stables Gibb Hill Lane Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 31 Dec 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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