Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,113 approved · 1,216 refused · 381 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent 41 Highfield Park Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4BH
Received 9 Mar 2016Coal Pit Plantation Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PY
Received 16 Mar 2016Priestly Fold Farm Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9RX
Received 10 Mar 2016288 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7SN
Received 10 Mar 2016288 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7SN
Received 10 Mar 201624 Yorkshire Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9AE
Received 11 Mar 20169-11 Broadway Crescent Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4HW
Received 11 Mar 2016238/240 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7LG
Received 11 Mar 2016Metso Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SL
Received 14 Mar 2016Land Adj 22 Whittle Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SB
Received 15 Mar 20162 Cotman Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TT
Received 15 Mar 2016560 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7TN
Received 16 Mar 2016Priestly Fold Farm Dean Lane Water Rossendale BB4 9RX
Received 16 Mar 2016122 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8HH
Received 16 Mar 20163 Black Rock Old Lane Shawforth Rochdale OL12 8EJ
Received 17 Mar 201626 + 30 Hall Park Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BQ
Received 16 Mar 2016Land Off Oaklands Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 17 Mar 20166 Lee Brook Close Constable Lee Rossendale BB4 8ET
Received 18 Mar 2016Laneside Barn Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8RB
Received 18 Mar 2016Communication Station (site 76628) Commerce Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5JT
Received 18 Mar 201618 Spring Terrace Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QR
Received 18 Mar 2016Land At Cowm Park Way South Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 21 Mar 2016Land At Cowm Park Way South Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 21 Mar 2016Unit 4A Ewood Bridge Mill Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6LD
Received 22 Mar 2016Records 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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