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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.
7,228 approved · 1,580 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Barnes Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8ST
Received 7 Feb 2022Reeds Holme Works Burnley Road Reedsholme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LN
Received 28 Jan 2022Forest House 12 College Lane Cloughfold Rossendale BB4 7LA
Received 29 Jan 202244 Kingston Crescent Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LH
Received 29 Jan 20221 Park Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6PP
Received 4 Feb 202279 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7QX
Received 8 Feb 2022121 Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DJ
Received 8 Feb 2022767 Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8LS
Received 9 Feb 2022Height Side Farm Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9UG
Received 9 Feb 2022Lee Farm Stubbylee Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 0DD
Received 9 Feb 2022Land Rear Of 85 Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5ED
Received 10 Feb 2022Orient One New Hall Hey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6AJ
Received 11 Feb 2022Starbucks Cafe Rising Bridge Service Station Blackburn Road Accrington Lancashire BB5 2SB
Received 11 Feb 2022Carvansons Ltd Knowsley Park Way Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4RS
Received 14 Feb 2022Land To The West And South Of 54 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Received 14 Feb 20227-9 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5SL
Received 14 Feb 2022The Bay Horse Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BG
Received 14 Feb 2022Whitworth High School Hall Fold Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8TS
Received 15 Feb 2022Pot Oven Farm Acre Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XH
Received 16 Feb 20228 Thirlmere Way Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QE
Received 17 Feb 2022Bankside Hall Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8GX
Received 17 Feb 2022Bankside Hall Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8GX
Received 17 Feb 2022380 Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4NF
Received 17 Feb 20224 Anderton Close Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DW
Received 17 Feb 2022Records 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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