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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.
7,549 approved · 1,674 refused · 467 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Musbury Fold Cottages Musbury Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4AP
Received 1 Aug 2023Land Off Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire
Received 3 Aug 2023Holmes Mount 110 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8DB
Received 4 Aug 2023Britannia Mill Mill Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4JN
Received 4 Aug 2023Britannia Mill Mill Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4JN
Received 4 Aug 2023Ashworth Arms 128 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HH
Received 1 Jan 2007House O Th Hill Hall Fold Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XL
Received 4 Aug 2023254 New Line Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RY
Received 4 Aug 202326 King Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0AH
Received 4 Aug 2023Whitaker Museum Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6RE
Received 7 Aug 2023The Grange Higher Constable Lee Lime Tree Grove Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TF
Received 7 Aug 202338 Broadway Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4HB
Received 7 Aug 20232 Hillside Drive Newchurch Rossendale BB4 9DH
Received 8 Aug 2023Paragon Works Rising Bridge Road Haslingden Rossendale BB5 2SL
Received 8 Aug 2023Land At New Hall Gincroft Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0QX
Received 8 Aug 2023Whitaker Park Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6RE
Received 9 Aug 20238 Upper Ash Mount Hill End Lane Cloughfold Rossendale BB4 7PS
Received 9 Aug 20231 Redwood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6DR
Received 9 Aug 20234 Rising Bridge Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BL
Received 9 Aug 20237 Alder Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RZ
Received 11 Aug 20234 Parkwood Court Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RN
Received 14 Aug 202362 Burnley Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HW
Received 14 Aug 20237 Ilex Mill Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7NQ
Received 14 Aug 2023613 Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8DY
Received 15 Aug 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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