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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.
7,223 approved · 1,579 refused · 428 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
27 Hameldon Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RL
Received 8 Dec 202185-87 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7QN
Received 9 Dec 202121 Sandown Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6PL
Received 13 Dec 2021Playground And Recreation Area Exchange Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire
Received 10 Dec 20212 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6AA
Received 14 Dec 2021Old Hall Farm Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8RR
Received 16 Dec 2021Liberal Club Lord Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7LZ
Received 16 Dec 2021Mill House Lumb Holes Lane Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DE
Received 16 Dec 2021Wahnfried The Old Vicarage Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9PQ
Received 16 Dec 20215 Beaconsfield Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TD
Received 16 Dec 202117 Andrew Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EU
Received 16 Dec 202134 Douglas Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PR
Received 17 Dec 202130 Philips Road Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RH
Received 17 Dec 202125 Greendale Avenue Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9EN
Received 17 Dec 202126 Commercial Street Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QX
Received 17 Dec 2021849 Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8QL
Received 20 Dec 20216 Unity Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SU
Received 20 Dec 2021The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saint Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QX
Received 20 Dec 20211A Springbank Gardens Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UH
Received 20 Dec 2021Fernylea Cottage Michael Wife Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0RD
Received 20 Dec 2021Matrix House Kingsway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4QJ
Received 22 Dec 20213 Heathbourne Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SN
Received 22 Dec 202131 Pennine Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9JW
Received 22 Dec 202116 Graver Weir Terrace Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9QT
Received 20 Dec 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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