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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.
6,162 approved · 1,226 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Pendle Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9JT
Received 5 Aug 2016Junction Of Haslingden Road Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6QZ
Received 5 Aug 2016Alden View Alden Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire
Received 5 Aug 2016Land Formerly Used In Association With Amtrack Buildings Holly Mount Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 8 Aug 2016Gowther Fold Farm Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9XF
Received 8 Aug 201625 St Thomass Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8PJ
Received 8 Aug 2016112 Bury Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0ET
Received 9 Aug 2016Brosters Environmental Ltd Sharneyford Works Bacup Road Todmorden Calderdale OL14 7AF
Received 9 Aug 2016Former Egg Unit Carr Lane Off Park Road Helmshore Rossendale
Received 8 Aug 201615 Osborne Terrace Whitewell Bottom Rossendale BB4 9NS
Received 10 Aug 20169 Lower Stone Fold Kings Highway Haslingden Rossendale BB5 2DR
Received 10 Aug 2016694 Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9PG
Received 10 Aug 201637 Blackburn Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5QG
Received 11 Aug 2016East View Top O Th Lea Bury Old Road Shuttleworth Ramsbottom Bury BL0 0RY
Received 11 Aug 2016663 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LL
Received 12 Aug 2016Cribden Flatts Farm Cribden End Lane Haslingden Rossendale BB4 8UB
Received 12 Aug 2016Land At Junction Of Haslingden Road & A682 Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6QZ
Received 16 Aug 2016Land At Junction Of Haslingden Road & A682 Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6QZ
Received 16 Aug 2016Greens Moor Cottage Cutler Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0BA
Received 16 Aug 2016Greens Moor Cottage Cutler Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0BA
Received 16 Aug 2016Old Clough House Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RA
Received 16 Aug 2016Ravenshore Farm Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AN
Received 16 Aug 201624 Gregory Fold Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JW
Received 16 Aug 20162-16 (even) Acre View Off Acre View Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0HR
Received 18 Jul 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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