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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.
7,988 approved · 1,772 refused · 499 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rising Bridge Service Station Blackburn Road Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2SB
Received 27 Feb 20259 Richmond Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6PJ
Received 27 Feb 2025Land Adjacent 121 Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DJ
Received 28 Feb 20253 Elizabeth Drive Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JB
Received 3 Mar 2025Peers Clough Farm Peers Clough Road Water Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NG
Received 3 Mar 2025Hoyle Dean Farm Coal Pit Lane Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9SA
Received 3 Mar 2025556 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0NB
Received 4 Mar 202510 South Terrace Strongstry Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0NY
Received 4 Mar 2025Far Bank End Farm Brex Coal Pit Farm Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9SA
Received 4 Mar 2025190 Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RX
Received 4 Mar 20254 Whitecroft Meadows Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BA
Received 5 Mar 202515 Mercer Crescent Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JJ
Received 4 Mar 202511 Alden Close Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AX
Received 4 Mar 202532 Orama Avenue Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8ED
Received 5 Mar 20259 Alderwood Grove Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0HQ
Received 5 Mar 2025Ground Floor Rear Off 38 - 42 Market Street Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0JN
Received 5 Mar 2025Cowpe Hall Farm Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7AE
Received 5 Mar 2025156 Rising Bridge Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BH
Received 6 Mar 2025Woodland View Back Lane Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2SD
Received 10 Mar 202520 Ventnor Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6QP
Received 11 Mar 202522 Highfield Forest Bank Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NN
Received 11 Mar 2025Plunge Farm Plunge Road Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0RB
Received 11 Mar 20252 Park Road Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9BW
Received 10 Mar 2025John Street Works John Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QB
Received 12 Mar 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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