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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.
7,147 approved · 1,542 refused · 409 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Mercer Crescent Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JJ
Received 22 May 20201218 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RG
Received 25 May 20205 St Johns Close Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AR
Received 25 May 2020Zion Cottage Saunder Height Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NA
Received 26 May 20203 Thistlemount Avenue Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9DZ
Received 22 May 202021 Hurst Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RE
Received 28 May 202016 Unity Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UL
Received 29 May 20204 Alden Rise Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LZ
Received 29 May 2020281 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LA
Received 29 May 2020Land Off Greensnook Lane Bacup Lancashire
Received 28 May 2020Hillside Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 9LB
Received 1 Jun 2020Farm Hill Farm Edgeside Lane Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9TZ
Received 1 Jun 2020Land Off Lomas Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6HU
Received 28 May 2020Royal Court Theatre Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NR
Received 2 Jun 2020Goodshawfold Farm Cottage Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QS
Received 3 Jun 2020Reeds Holme Works Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LN
Received 4 Jun 2020Fairview Barn Edgeside Lane Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9UD
Received 4 Jun 20202 East View Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8DS
Received 8 Jun 2020Land Opposite Braeside Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 9 Jun 20202 Clover Hill Greensnook Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DL
Received 9 Jun 202016 St Thomass Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PJ
Received 9 Jun 2020Site Of Former Gordons's Works Ashworth Road Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9JE
Received 10 Jun 2020Forest House 12 College Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LA
Received 10 Jun 202014 Forest Bank Forest Bank Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NW
Received 10 Jun 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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