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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.
7,170 approved · 1,557 refused · 412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35-37 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QN
Received 10 Sept 2020Plantation House Dobbin Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7TE
Received 11 Sept 2020Holme Villa Holme Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JB
Received 11 Sept 2020Former Bacup Leisure Hall Site Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire
Received 14 Sept 202031 Greave Close Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JT
Received 14 Sept 202010 Hempshaw Avenue Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RW
Received 14 Sept 2020Rossendale Museum Whitaker Park Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RE
Received 7 Sept 2020Land Between Milner Street And Cowm Park Way Cowm Park Way South Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 15 Sept 202040 Lobden Crescent Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8PU
Received 16 Sept 202046 Lodge Mill Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0RW
Received 16 Sept 2020285 Edgeside Lane Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9UD
Received 17 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To 21 Birch Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8BQ
Received 17 Sept 2020208 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TS
Received 17 Sept 20207 Conway Road Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7ST
Received 18 Sept 2020Britannia Post Office 359 Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TH
Received 18 Sept 2020Stubbins Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0NJ
Received 18 Sept 2020401 Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NF
Received 18 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 85 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5ED
Received 21 Sept 2020240 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PB
Received 21 Sept 2020Land Behind Loveclough Social Club Commercial Street Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 21 Sept 2020Fourwinds Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DJ
Received 21 Sept 2020Buildings To Rear Of Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 10 Sept 2020Hill Side Highgate Lane Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SL
Received 23 Sept 20205 Brynbella Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SN
Received 23 Sept 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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