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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.
8,341 approved · 1,831 refused · 521 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off Holcombe Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 16 Jun 2026Rockliffe Farm Pennine Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9PZ
Received 17 Jun 2026Parrock Mill Barn Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9FR
Received 17 Jun 2026Stables Bentgate House Clod Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LR
Received 16 Jun 202611 Meadowcroft Close Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DF
Received 17 Jun 2026Haweswater Aqueduct Valve House Haslingden Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 17 Jun 202644 Kirkhill Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6UB
Received 10 Jun 2026Tor View School Clod Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LR
Received 19 Jun 2026253 Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0UE
Received 21 Jun 20267 Cribden Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HZ
Received 22 Jun 20267 Colldale Terrace Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6NY
Received 17 Jun 2026Lumb Holes Mill Lumb Holes Lane Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7DE
Received 23 Jun 2026Land At Heath Hill Drive Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire
Received 17 Jun 202629 Rock Bridge Fold Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9PU
Received 25 Jun 202614 Victoria Court Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EQ
Received 25 Jun 202669 Cockerell Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9SG
Received 26 Jun 2026Land West Of Burnley Road South Side Burnley Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QL
Received 26 Jun 2026Adrenaline Haslingden Sports Centre Helmshore Road Adrenaline Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DN
Received 26 Jun 20264 Christ Church Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DZ
Received 29 Jun 2026Alder Grange High School Calder Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HW
Received 29 Jun 2026The Coalyard Cowpe Road Cowpe Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7EU
Received 25 Jun 2026The Business Centre Futures Park Bacup Lancashire OL13 0BB
Received 30 Jun 2026Bacup Market Union Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0AY
Received 30 Jun 202641 Holland Avenue Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JJ
Received 1 Jul 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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