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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.
6,467 approved · 1,290 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greggs 48 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DY
Received 1 Feb 2018Electricity Sub Station Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0NJ
Received 1 Feb 2018184 Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TH
Received 2 Feb 2018Horse And Jockey Hotel 85 Market Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JQ
Received 2 Feb 2018Horse And Jockey Hotel 85 Market Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JQ
Received 2 Feb 2018Land At Highfield Park Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4BH
Received 2 Feb 20185 East Bank Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NX
Received 5 Feb 2018Highbury Bolton Road North Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LZ
Received 5 Feb 201861 Broadway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4ES
Received 5 Feb 201826 Tong End Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BJ
Received 6 Feb 20182 Oakley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RB
Received 6 Feb 201844 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5ST
Received 7 Feb 2018Crawshawbooth County Primary School Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AN
Received 6 Feb 2018Stubbylee Barn Stubbylee Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 0DD
Received 2 Feb 2018Land At Eden Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HF
Received 8 Feb 2018The Smithy Cowm Top Farm High Barn Lane Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XG
Received 8 Feb 2018House O Th Hill Farm Hall Fold Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XL
Received 8 Feb 201833 Old Street Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9EA
Received 8 Feb 2018193 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HY
Received 8 Feb 2018Vale Lodge Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QR
Received 9 Feb 2018165 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QE
Received 9 Feb 20186 Parklands Park Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6PE
Received 12 Feb 20186 Marl Pits Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SW
Received 12 Feb 20185 Lower Stone Fold Kings Highway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB5 2DR
Received 12 Feb 2018Records 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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