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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.
7,218 approved · 1,573 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Opposite 3 Queen Street Bacup Lancashire
Received 6 Sept 202132 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QJ
Received 6 Sept 2021Land At Highfield Park Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 7 Sept 202132 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QJ
Received 7 Sept 2021185 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RR
Received 7 Sept 2021Land Adjacent 9 Roundhill Lane Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5BJ
Received 7 Sept 202121 Beech Close Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8AR
Received 7 Sept 202117 Railway Terrace New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6HP
Received 31 Aug 2021Alden Barn Alden Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AQ
Received 31 Aug 2021Higher Valley View Tunstead Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 8NE
Received 1 Sept 2021551 Free Lane Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LT
Received 8 Sept 202191 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7NW
Received 8 Sept 202110 Queen Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AD
Received 9 Sept 2021Buckhurst Farm Buckhurst Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL9 6SZ
Received 10 Sept 2021Far Brex Farm Brex Coal Pit Lane Whitewell Bottom Rossendale OL13 8NN
Received 10 Sept 2021272 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DJ
Received 13 Sept 2021Near Pastures Farm Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NH
Received 13 Sept 202117 Laund Hey View Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4BB
Received 13 Sept 2021137 Hollin Way Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8ED
Received 13 Sept 202122 Greave Clough Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HP
Received 14 Sept 2021Police Station Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QW
Received 14 Sept 20217 Barley Holme Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AX
Received 16 Sept 2021New Bridge House Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LB
Received 15 Sept 2021379 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JA
Received 17 Sept 2021Records 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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