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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.
7,184 approved · 1,560 refused · 414 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QB
Received 7 Dec 2020347 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PB
Received 7 Dec 2020Land Behind Loveclough Social Club Commercial Street Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 7 Dec 2020Helmshore Viaduct Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire
Received 9 Dec 2020Helmshore Viaduct Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire
Received 9 Dec 2020Hawthorne Farmhouse Also Use Of Building At Lower Whams Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9ND
Received 9 Dec 2020Bacup Hub Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8AG
Received 10 Dec 2020Reeds Holme Works Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LN
Received 4 Dec 2020Close Nook Farm Rochdale Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0RR
Received 10 Dec 2020Myrtle Earth Farm Edge Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SS
Received 10 Dec 2020445 Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JR
Received 11 Dec 2020Land To The North Of Johnny Barn Close Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7TL
Received 11 Dec 20201 Thirlmere Way Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QE
Received 14 Dec 2020110 Bury Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0ET
Received 14 Dec 2020Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QS
Received 14 Dec 20202 Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QB
Received 14 Dec 2020676 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9HG
Received 14 Dec 2020Spittens Farm Roundhill Road Haslingden Rossendale BB5 3SW
Received 14 Dec 2020Land To The West Of The Bowling Green, Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8QU
Received 19 Nov 2020Peel Barn Dobbin Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7TE
Received 16 Dec 2020Irwell House Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire
Received 16 Dec 202017 Rockcliffe Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 8JH
Received 16 Dec 202038 Penny Lodge Lane Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8PD
Received 16 Dec 2020Jolly Hall Farm Oakenhead Wood Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TX
Received 16 Dec 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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