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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.
7,266 approved · 1,592 refused · 432 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Major Street Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NY
Received 20 Feb 2023Land Adjacent 121 Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale BB4 8DJ
Received 20 Feb 20235 Rochdale Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JT
Received 21 Feb 202318 Sidmouth Avenue Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6QJ
Received 22 Feb 2023Musbury House Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LX
Received 22 Feb 2023The Stables Highfield Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7JS
Received 24 Feb 2023Forest House 12 College Lane Cloughfold Rossendale BB4 7LA
Received 27 Feb 202346 Clegg Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5LW
Received 27 Feb 2023St Veronicas Rc Primary School Raven Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EZ
Received 27 Feb 2023Land Next To The River Irwell Hill End Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 2023Land On The East Side Of Stubbins Vale Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 2023106 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8SA
Received 1 Mar 202340 Curven Edge Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LP
Received 2 Mar 2023The Heritage Arcade 23-27 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 2 Mar 202322 Greave Clough Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HP
Received 3 Mar 20236 Broadclough Villas Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PL
Received 6 Mar 202319 Andrew Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6EU
Received 6 Mar 2023235 Edgeside Lane Edgeside Rossendale BB4 9TY
Received 6 Mar 2023All Saints Rc Language College Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6SJ
Received 6 Mar 2023Unit 2 New Line Industrial Estate The Sidings Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RW
Received 6 Mar 202318 Pendle Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9JT
Received 7 Mar 202324 Kingston Crescent Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LH
Received 8 Mar 202334 Kingston Crescent Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LH
Received 8 Mar 2023Land On The North East Side Of York Avenue Haslingden Rossendale
Received 8 Mar 2023Records 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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