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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.
8,001 approved · 1,772 refused · 500 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To North Of 121 Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DJ
Received 12 Mar 202528 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TS
Received 13 Mar 2025Birchcliffe Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SJ
Received 13 Mar 20253 Great House Avenue Alden Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AL
Received 14 Mar 2025St Annes C Of E Primary School Ashworth Road Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9JE
Received 14 Mar 202528 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TS
Received 17 Mar 20251218 Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RG
Received 18 Mar 20256 Change Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HX
Received 18 Mar 202520 Elizabeth Drive Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JB
Received 18 Mar 2025Land At Fallbarn Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 19 Mar 2025Huttock Farm Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HS
Received 19 Mar 2025Land Off Fallbarn Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 14 Mar 20251 Bankside Close Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8FJ
Received 17 Mar 2025Roundhill Higher Hud Hey Roundhill Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5BW
Received 19 Mar 2025Glen View Tong End Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 2025The Sidings Underbank Road Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2TA
Received 20 Mar 2025Dean Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 20253 Weir Meadows Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8QE
Received 20 Mar 202522 - 24 Prince Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9SN
Received 20 Mar 20253 Windermere Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DN
Received 21 Mar 2025Immediately Adjacent To Existing MUGA At Whitaker Park Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 21 Mar 202533 Rydal Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EE
Received 24 Mar 202547 Rydal Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EF
Received 24 Mar 2025Broading Cottage Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RD
Received 24 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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