Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
9,095 approved · 1,966 refused · 563 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jeffery Barn Farm Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8RQ
Received 25 Jul 2006Land Adjacent 368 Rochdale Road Britannia Bacup
Received 24 Jul 2006154 Mercer Crescent Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DQ
Received 24 Jul 20061 Whittle Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5EY
Received 24 Jul 200619 Dearden Fold Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0LH
Received 24 Jul 2006Balladen House Union Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 21 Jul 200621 Hoghton Avenue Bacup OL139RD
Received 21 Jul 200628 Onchan Drive Bacup OL139PX
Received 21 Jul 200618 Regent Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5HQ
Received 20 Jul 200647 Westgate Whitworth Rochdale OL128UP
Received 20 Jul 2006Garage Site Off Dean Lane Water Rossendale
Received 18 Jul 2006Land To Rear Of 1 The Moorlands Weir Bacup Lancashire OL13 8BT
Received 3 Aug 200621 Clarence Street Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NX
Received 17 Jul 2006Street Record Lees Street Bacup Lancashire
Received 17 Jul 2006Land At Pisgah Farm Ivy Bank Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8LT
Received 17 Jul 200644 Spodden Cottages Whitworth Rochdale OL128DL
Received 14 Jul 2006Clough End Works, Land Off Clough End Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AN
Received 14 Jul 2006Staghills Nursery School Top Barn Lane Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7UE
Received 14 Jul 20061 Craven Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8SW
Received 9 Aug 200626A Thornfield Avenue Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9AP
Received 11 Jul 200615 Greenfield Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TG
Received 11 Jul 2006Building Attached To Ravenshore Farm Cottage Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AN
Received 11 Jul 2006Building Attached To Ravenshore Farm Cottage Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AN
Received 11 Jul 2006126 Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HP
Received 11 Jul 2006Records 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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