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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.
7,115 approved · 1,532 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29-31 Ronaldsway Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PY
Received 14 Feb 2020Turfcote Nursing Home Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DP
Received 14 Feb 2020Oakenhead Resource Centre Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RR
Received 23 Jan 2020Land Off Greensnook Lane Bacup Lancashire
Received 28 Jan 202028 Cotman Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TT
Received 11 Feb 2020Lee Farm Stubbylee Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 0DD
Received 13 Feb 2020Tanner Farm Kings Highway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5UA
Received 14 Feb 20207 The Cloisters Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7JU
Received 14 Feb 20202 Unity Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UL
Received 17 Feb 2020240 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PB
Received 17 Feb 2020Land Off Rockliffe Road Bacup Lancashire
Received 17 Feb 2020Rossendale Museum Whitaker Park Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RE
Received 17 Feb 2020127 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5ED
Received 19 Feb 2020The Old Rectory Dobbin Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7TE
Received 21 Feb 2020Land To The Rear Of 410 - 420 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 21 Feb 20203 Northgate Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8UD
Received 24 Feb 202031 Kay Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LS
Received 24 Feb 20203 Pendle Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DW
Received 25 Feb 20202C Hillside Crescent Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QL
Received 25 Feb 20207 Duckworth Hall Duckworth Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JN
Received 25 Feb 202085 Booth Road Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9BP
Received 25 Feb 2020Half Acre House Greens Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HJ
Received 26 Feb 20203 Clough Gardens Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AP
Received 26 Feb 202016 Back Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7QZ
Received 26 Feb 2020Records 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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