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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.
6,044 approved · 1,189 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 14 Apr 201524 Dobbin Lane Cloughfold Rossendale BB4 7TE
Received 15 Apr 2015Victoria Works 679 Bacup Road Rawtenstall BB4 7HB
Received 17 Apr 2015Land Adjacent To 123 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8HH
Received 17 Apr 2015Bacup And Rawtenstall Grammar School Glen Road Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 7BJ
Received 17 Apr 201540 Burnley Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HW
Received 17 Apr 2015Phamacy Haslingden Health Centre 27 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5SL
Received 17 Apr 201517 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QS
Received 20 Apr 201571 Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8RW
Received 20 Apr 2015Land East Of Haslingden Grane Water Treatment Works Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AU
Received 20 Apr 201511 Aitken Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QG
Received 21 Apr 2015Dearden Fold Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8TY
Received 21 Apr 201541 Market Street Whitworth Rochdale OL12 8RW
Received 21 Apr 20157 Mercer Crescent Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JJ
Received 21 Apr 2015Bridge End Hotel Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LQ
Received 24 Apr 2015The Hollins Hollin Way Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8ED
Received 24 Apr 2015Unit A.2 New Hall Hey Business Park New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6HR
Received 24 Apr 2015Rake Farm Whitworth Rake Whitworth Rochdale OL12 8XJ
Received 27 Apr 2015Land Adjacent To 101 Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HP
Received 28 Apr 2015Claremont Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RS
Received 28 Apr 2015Interfloor Broadway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LS
Received 28 Apr 201510 Grane Park Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5HB
Received 28 Apr 2015425 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SU
Received 28 Apr 201521 Holmeswood Park Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JA
Received 28 Apr 2015Records 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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