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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.
7,119 approved · 1,533 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Peters Playing Field St Peters Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NZ
Received 27 Feb 20209 Holden Place Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PU
Received 27 Feb 202045 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QN
Received 27 Feb 202016 Unity Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UL
Received 27 Feb 20209 Deerplay Court Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8GE
Received 27 Feb 2020123 Chatterton Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0PQ
Received 27 Feb 2020Fairfield House 191 Edgeside Lane Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9TY
Received 26 Feb 2020Land Adjacent To Cordingleys Garage Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BG
Received 27 Feb 2020Electricity Sub Station Station Road Facit Rochdale Lancashire
Received 2 Mar 2020Hollingate Farm Rising Bridge Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB5 2SW
Received 2 Mar 2020TPO T2/62/T5 Hollin Way Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire
Received 2 Mar 2020Land South Of Maden Road Bacup Lancashire
Received 2 Mar 2020Melba Swintex Stubbins Vale Mill Stubbins Vale Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0NT
Received 3 Mar 2020196 Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TH
Received 4 Mar 2020Underbank Mill Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8DB
Received 4 Mar 2020Alderside Mill Alder Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8BB
Received 4 Mar 2020Land On The South Side Of Commercial Street Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 4 Mar 202027 Oakeneaves Avenue Reedsholme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8FT
Received 5 Mar 2020Haslingden Community Centre Bury Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5PG
Received 6 Mar 202099 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SU
Received 6 Mar 2020Goodshawfold Farm Cottage Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QS
Received 6 Mar 202020 Rockliffe Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NB
Received 6 Mar 20206 Redwood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DR
Received 9 Mar 202011 Peter Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7NR
Received 9 Mar 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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