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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.
7,091 approved · 1,514 refused · 405 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Walton Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RE
Received 7 Oct 2019Unit 27 New Hall Hey Business Park New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6HL
Received 8 Oct 2019Dearden Wood Campsite Michael Wife Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QX
Received 9 Oct 201910 Lower Cribden Avenue Rawtenstall BB4 6SW
Received 9 Oct 2019Land West Of Holland Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 9 Oct 20193 St James Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NJ
Received 9 Oct 2019389 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JA
Received 10 Oct 20192 Warner Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SJ
Received 10 Oct 2019387 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JA
Received 10 Oct 201910 Foxwell Close Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6TP
Received 10 Oct 2019Freddie's Chicken 8 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AA
Received 10 Oct 2019377 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8RR
Received 11 Oct 2019377 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8RR
Received 11 Oct 2019Barn At 26 Tong End Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BJ
Received 10 Oct 2019Glen Valley House 634 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AW
Received 14 Oct 20194 Woodside Turton Hollow Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AY
Received 14 Oct 20194 Woodside Turton Hollow Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AY
Received 14 Oct 201939 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SA
Received 15 Oct 2019Finboro Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AE
Received 15 Oct 201937 Greave Close Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JT
Received 15 Oct 201984 Rydal Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EF
Received 16 Oct 2019Reeds Holme Works Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LN
Received 16 Oct 2019Folly House Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DW
Received 16 Oct 2019Land Opposite 26A Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5EB
Received 17 Oct 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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