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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.
8,191 approved · 1,802 refused · 516 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lidl Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7NG
Received 11 Feb 2026Land At Cowm Adjacent Back Cowm Lane Whitworth OL12 8BJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Glencoe Clayton Av/ Horncliffe Close Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EW
Received 12 Feb 202616 Farrington Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TE
Received 16 Feb 20267 - 9 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SL
Received 16 Feb 202623 Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QB
Received 17 Feb 2026Land Opposite The Coach House Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8PA
Received 10 Feb 202610 Central Avenue Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LS
Received 10 Feb 2026Arran Nurseries Gas Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PT
Received 10 Feb 2026Balladen House Union Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NE
Received 18 Feb 20266 Springhill Villas Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0HH
Received 18 Feb 2026The Fig Tree Cafe 45B Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7QN
Received 19 Feb 20265 Alder Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RZ
Received 19 Feb 2026Commercial Hotel 318A Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UJ
Received 19 Feb 20264 Alden Rise Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4LZ
Received 20 Feb 202622 Cottonmill Court Bacup Lancashire OL13 9AY
Received 23 Feb 202615 Burnedge Close Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8BU
Received 23 Feb 2026Former Shawforth Chapel Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8HF
Received 16 Feb 2026Unit 4 Futures Park Bacup Lancashire OL13 0BB
Received 17 Feb 2026Land Adjacent Buckhurst Lodge Croston Close Road Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire
Received 24 Feb 2026Belmont School Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6RX
Received 25 Feb 2026Moorfield Alden Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AJ
Received 24 Feb 20269 Market Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8EX
Received 26 Feb 20263 Cowes Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6ST
Received 26 Feb 2026Records 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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