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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.
7,840 approved · 1,745 refused · 494 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Carr Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 6BE
Received 1 Oct 2024Lower Wambs Farm Bent Estate Beaufort Road Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QX
Received 1 Oct 2024Land On The North East Side Of York Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 2 Oct 2024Alder Grange High School Calder Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HW
Received 3 Oct 2024Crawshaw Hall Barn Burnley Road Reedsholme Rossendale BB4 8LW
Received 3 Oct 2024The Adrenaline Centre Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4DN
Received 3 Oct 202430 Lloyd Street Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8AG
Received 4 Oct 202427 Bleacher Close Whitworth Rossendale OL12 8WB
Received 8 Oct 202426 Rockcliffe Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8HD
Received 8 Oct 202431 Kay Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LS
Received 8 Oct 202444 Peel Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PU
Received 9 Oct 20247 Springbank Gardens Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8UH
Received 9 Oct 2024Land At Highfield Park Haslingden Rossendale
Received 9 Oct 2024449 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendal BB4 7TG
Received 9 Oct 202411 Bond Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0EW
Received 10 Oct 2024The Shippon Waterbarn Farm Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0TF
Received 10 Oct 2024Dearden Wood Campsite Michael Wife Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QX
Received 11 Oct 2024Flat 5 22A Yorkshire Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9AE
Received 10 Oct 2024Site Of Former Mayfield Chicks Blackburn Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BB4 6JY
Received 11 Oct 20244 Old School Mews Clegg Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5LT
Received 11 Oct 202418 Farholme Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0EU
Received 11 Oct 202439 Kay Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7LS
Received 11 Oct 2024Land North Of 7 Beaumaris Close Haslingden Rossendale BB4 6TJ
Received 11 Oct 2024Sowclough Farm Sowclough Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 8LB
Received 10 Oct 2024Records 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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