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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.
7,972 approved · 1,771 refused · 498 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Martin Croft Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BP
Received 21 Jan 2025New Bridge House Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LB
Received 24 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To 7 Beaumaris Close Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6TJ
Received 27 Jan 20256 Narcissus Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LG
Received 28 Jan 2025Belmont School Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RX
Received 28 Jan 2025590 Free Lane Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LT
Received 29 Jan 2025Land East Of The Lanxess Urethanes Ltd Paragon Works Site Paragon Works Worsley Street Rising Bridge BB5 2SL
Received 29 Jan 2025Horncliffe Mansion Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JS
Received 29 Jan 2025Hill Side Highgate Lane Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SL
Received 30 Jan 2025The Lodge Rockcliffe Villas Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 8JG
Received 30 Jan 2025The Lodge Rockcliffe Villas Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 8JG
Received 30 Jan 202570 Crawshaw Grange Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LY
Received 30 Jan 2025657 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LL
Received 31 Jan 202566 Mercer Crescent Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4RG
Received 3 Feb 20252 Kettlewell Hall Cottages Grane Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TR
Received 4 Feb 202532 Warner Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SJ
Received 4 Feb 20256 Old Street Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9EA
Received 4 Feb 2025Hill Side Highgate Lane Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SL
Received 4 Feb 2025Old Hall Farm Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RR
Received 5 Feb 202510 Campion Drive Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JD
Received 6 Feb 2025Marl Pits Swimming Pool Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SN
Received 5 Feb 202510 Buttermere Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9BL
Received 10 Feb 2025Mill Farm House Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QN
Received 10 Feb 202564 Ward Way Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6SP
Received 11 Feb 2025Records 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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