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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.
6,919 approved · 1,437 refused · 395 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Glory 1222 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Dec 2018The Old Glory 1222 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Dec 20185 New Houses Springfield Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7SG
Received 25 Dec 20185 New Houses Springfield Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SG
Received 25 Dec 201837 Narcissus Avenue Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6LG
Received 24 Dec 2018Sod Hey Farm Harrow Stiles Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RF
Received 31 Dec 201811 Billington Avenue Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UW
Received 3 Jan 2019Land Off Oakley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 3 Jan 2019Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8QS
Received 4 Jan 2019Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8QS
Received 4 Jan 2019Buildings To Rear Of Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 4 Jan 201911 Knowl Meadow Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LW
Received 7 Jan 2019460 - 462 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0NB
Received 7 Jan 2019Land Adjacent Slackgate Farm Tong Lane Bacup Lancashire
Received 8 Jan 2019Card Factory Unit 5 Swanney Lodge Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6HW
Received 8 Jan 2019Land At Eden Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire
Received 8 Jan 2019103 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7SU
Received 9 Jan 20194 Heathfield Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SH
Received 10 Jan 2019Former Kearns Mill Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7FB
Received 11 Jan 2019Higher Doles Farmhouse Sliven Clod Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UG
Received 14 Jan 201939 Oaklands Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SA
Received 16 Jan 201996 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HH
Received 17 Jan 2019Hey Head Farm Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9XF
Received 16 Jan 201940 Lodge Mill Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0RW
Received 18 Jan 2019Records 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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