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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.
7,231 approved · 1,582 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Dobbin Close Cloughfold Rossendale BB4 7TH
Received 17 Feb 202219 Redwood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6DR
Received 18 Feb 2022Former Aviary Stubbylee Lane Bacup Lancashire
Received 21 Feb 2022111 Chatterton Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0PQ
Received 21 Feb 20222 Conway Close Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6TQ
Received 21 Feb 2022Unit 3 Park Road Industrial Estate Park Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 0BW
Received 22 Feb 2022Land On Former Haslingden Working Mens Club Spring Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AA
Received 23 Feb 2022Land Adjacent Johnny Barn Close Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire
Received 23 Feb 202210 Barritt Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SR
Received 24 Feb 2022Sunny Bank House Trinity Street Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0RN
Received 24 Feb 202228 Fair Hill Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4JY
Received 28 Feb 2022Buildings To Rear Of Goodshawfold Farm Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 2022Tor End Farm Tor End Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AW
Received 28 Feb 20225 Beaconsfield Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TD
Received 28 Feb 2022Spring Hill Barn Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9RB
Received 1 Mar 20221218 Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8RG
Received 2 Mar 2022Woodlea Mission Tenterfield Street Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7BA
Received 2 Mar 202251 Blackburn Road Edenfield Bury BL0 0JD
Received 2 Mar 2022Waterbarn Farm Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TF
Received 3 Mar 2022Solomon Commercials Ltd Park Road Industrial Estate Park Road Bacup OL13 0BW
Received 3 Mar 2022Unit 1 At Warehouse No 1 Bridge Mills Rochdale Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0RE
Received 3 Mar 2022214 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TS
Received 3 Mar 2022Woodland View Clough End Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AN
Received 4 Mar 2022Plot 18 Craven Street Garage Site Craven Street Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 4 Mar 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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