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.
6,995 approved · 1,472 refused · 395 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 The Greens Greens Farm Todmorden Road Bacup OL13 9HJ
Received 11 Apr 2019Greenfold Farm Bottomley Bank Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TL
Received 10 Apr 2019St Georges Cottage Boarsgreave Lane Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AD
Received 11 Apr 2019Tesco Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DT
Received 15 Apr 201921 Longacres Drive Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8JT
Received 12 Apr 2019Croston Close Farm Croston Close Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL9 6TB
Received 16 Apr 201910 Foxwell Close Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6TP
Received 16 Apr 20197 Hope Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NS
Received 16 Apr 2019Middle Brex Farm Brex Coal Pit Lane Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire OL13 8NN
Received 17 Apr 2019Telephone Pole Height Barn Lane Bacup Lancashire
Received 12 Apr 2019Lumb Valley Viaduct Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire
Received 18 Apr 201912 Crooked Shore Bacup Lancashire OL13 8AH
Received 18 Apr 2019Rings Lodge Rings Street Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8RY
Received 15 Apr 2019The Hollins Hollin Way Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire
Received 18 Apr 20193 Holmeswood Park Rawtenstall BB4 6JA
Received 23 Apr 201914 Dearden Fold Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LH
Received 23 Apr 2019Ash Mount Ash Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8BE
Received 23 Apr 2019118 Goodshaw Avenue North Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8RH
Received 23 Apr 2019124 Westgate Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8UP
Received 23 Apr 2019Bacup Conservative Club Irwell Terrace Bacup Lancashire OL13 9AW
Received 24 Apr 2019Kashmir House Co Operation Street Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7QL
Received 24 Apr 20192 Short Clough Close Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PT
Received 24 Apr 201912 Meadow Way Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HU
Received 24 Apr 2019294 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SN
Received 25 Apr 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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