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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.
6,426 approved · 1,284 refused · 383 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Horncliffe Close Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EE
Received 3 Nov 2017The Orchard (Land To The Rear Of 13 Dean Road) Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DS
Received 2 Nov 2017Land To The Rear Of 31 Dean Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DS
Received 2 Nov 20174 Hoyle Street Facit Rossendale OL12 8LP
Received 6 Nov 2017216 Newchurch Road/21 Kiln Terrace Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TS
Received 6 Nov 2017191 Rochdale Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0RG
Received 2 Nov 2017Land Off Burnley Road & Meadows Avenue Bacup Lancashire
Received 7 Nov 2017Land Adj To 1A Deansgrave Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4BZ
Received 8 Nov 2017Caravan Cobclough Farm Oakenclough Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9UZ
Received 10 Nov 2017Horse And Jockey Hotel 85 Market Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JQ
Received 10 Nov 20171 Mitton Avenue Constable Lee Rossendale BB4 8UR
Received 10 Nov 201723 Moorland Crescent Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SU
Received 10 Nov 201726 Tong End Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BJ
Received 10 Nov 20176 Industry Street Facit Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8DW
Received 10 Nov 201721 St James Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NJ
Received 10 Nov 2017Tanner Farm Kings Highway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5UA
Received 13 Nov 20172 St Crispin Way Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PW
Received 13 Nov 201733 Old Street Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9EA
Received 13 Nov 20179 Tor View Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6AS
Received 13 Nov 2017Harrow Stiles Farm Harrow Stiles Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RF
Received 13 Nov 2017Unit 3 - 4 Commerce Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5JT
Received 1 Nov 2017Old Market Hall Bank Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HD
Received 6 Nov 20171 Deer Street Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QW
Received 13 Nov 2017Greenfold Farm Bottomley Bank Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8TL
Received 13 Nov 2017Records 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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