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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.
7,578 approved · 1,685 refused · 476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lee Farm Barn Stubbylee Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 0DD
Received 11 Oct 2023Delgrove Lodge 6 Healey Grove Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8RX
Received 12 Oct 20233 Musbury Fold Cottages Musbury Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4AP
Received 12 Oct 2023Spring Croft Edge Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SS
Received 12 Oct 2023Ash Tree Farm Coal Pit Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9EZ
Received 12 Oct 202360 Rydal Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4EF
Received 13 Oct 2023The Shippon Waterbarn Farm Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TF
Received 13 Oct 2023Hey Meadow Farm Coal Pit Lane Whitewell Bottom Rossendale BB4 9SB
Received 13 Oct 202310 Ormerod Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EB
Received 13 Oct 202367 Cherry Tree Way Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4JZ
Received 16 Oct 2023Land At New Hall Gincroft Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0QX
Received 16 Oct 20231001 Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QL
Received 16 Oct 202355 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8SS
Received 16 Oct 2023Tor View School Clod Lane Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6LR
Received 16 Oct 2023The Waterloo Inn Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NW
Received 16 Oct 2023The Waterloo Inn Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NW
Received 16 Oct 2023Dwelling At Oakenclough Mill Oakenclough Road Bacup Lancashire
Received 17 Oct 202378 Wales Road Edgeside Rossendale BB4 9TF
Received 17 Oct 202320 Rook Hill Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SP
Received 17 Oct 20236 Myrtle Grove Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DE
Received 18 Oct 2023Holmefield Garage Ltd Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8EW
Received 18 Oct 20231 Causeway End Gregory Fold Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JP
Received 18 Oct 2023Adjacent To 44 Regent Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5HQ
Received 20 Oct 202322 Hargreaves Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8SP
Received 20 Oct 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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