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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.
7,124 approved · 1,534 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 The Holme Holme Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JQ
Received 9 Mar 202018 Tor View Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AS
Received 10 Mar 2020332 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EH
Received 10 Mar 20202 Warner Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SJ
Received 10 Mar 2020Land Opposite Brunswick Terrace Stacksteads Bacup
Received 11 Mar 2020Edgeside House Ashworth Lane Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9TJ
Received 12 Mar 20204 Lowerfold Cottages Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AE
Received 12 Mar 2020Fairview Barn Edgeside Lane Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9UD
Received 12 Mar 20207 Brynbella Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SN
Received 13 Mar 20201 Folly Farm Tunstead Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 8NF
Received 13 Mar 20201A, 1B, 1C & 1D Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QS
Received 16 Mar 202066 Vale Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9EP
Received 17 Mar 2020Lee Farm Stubbylee Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 0DD
Received 18 Mar 2020Land Opposite Former Deerplay Inn Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RD
Received 19 Mar 2020Plot 1 Futures Park Bacup Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 20201 Woodside Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QQ
Received 20 Mar 20203 Bishops Court Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7FB
Received 23 Mar 2020Tor View School Ewood Campus Clod Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LR
Received 23 Mar 2020Gander Brow Billygate Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XD
Received 23 Mar 2020St Veronicas Church Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JR
Received 23 Mar 2020Caravan Cobclough Farm Oakenclough Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9UZ
Received 24 Mar 20201 Chapel Villas Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TX
Received 24 Mar 2020Land To The South Of Pewitt Hall Farm Back Lane Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire
Received 24 Mar 202012 Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9AF
Received 25 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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