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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.
7,253 approved · 1,589 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 - 5 Deer Street Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QW
Received 20 Sept 202211 Grasmere Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4EB
Received 21 Sept 2022Ivy Lodge Alden Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AJ
Received 21 Sept 2022St Marys RC Football Club South Shore Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5DX
Received 21 Sept 2022Bankside Hall Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8GX
Received 22 Sept 20227 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8DB
Received 23 Sept 202236 Cherry Tree Way Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4JZ
Received 23 Sept 202219 Holme Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6JB
Received 23 Sept 2022Land South Of Milne Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire
Received 28 Sept 20221326 Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8RG
Received 29 Sept 2022178 Rising Bridge Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BH
Received 29 Sept 202241 Highfield Park Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4BH
Received 30 Sept 2022Heath Hill Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SF
Received 3 Oct 2022Hillside Fishery Commercial Street Loveclough Rossendale BB4 8QX
Received 3 Oct 20221 Redwood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6DR
Received 3 Oct 202210 Broadway Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4HB
Received 4 Oct 202263 Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9AR
Received 4 Oct 2022Sunnybank Social Club Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LQ
Received 5 Oct 2022718 Burnley Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8BH
Received 5 Oct 202224 Kay Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LS
Received 5 Oct 2022Land Adjacent 44 Regent Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5HQ
Received 7 Oct 2022Mountain Rescue Headquarters 46 Clegg Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5LW
Received 10 Oct 2022Lower Fairbanks Barn Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UF
Received 10 Oct 2022400 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SN
Received 10 Oct 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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