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.
9,162 approved · 1,977 refused · 567 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
216 New Line Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RX
Received 9 Mar 200723 Rushbed Drive Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8NQ
Received 7 Mar 20073 The Greens Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HJ
Received 13 Mar 2007Hart Hill Farm Loveclough Rossendale
Received 26 Mar 2007Rake Foot Farm Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AS
Received 1 Feb 2007Croft Top Equestrian Centre Stonefold Village Rising Bridge Rossendale Lancashire BB5 2DP
Received 22 Jan 2007Higher Moss Farm Bamford Road Ramsbottom Lancashire Blo Ort
Received 18 Jan 2007Spodden Mill Station Road Facit Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8LJ
Received 30 Jan 2007Land Adjacent To 191 Edgeside Lane Waterfoot Rossendale BB4 9TY
Received 29 Nov 2006Spring Bank Farm Haslingden Old Road Rossendale BB4 8RR
Received 24 Nov 2006Baldwin Street Works Baldwin Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0LT
Received 1 Dec 200624 St. James Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NJ
Received 17 Nov 2006Cockhall Farm Hall Fold Off Water Street Whitworth Lancashire OL12 8XL
Received 22 Nov 20065 Pine Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5ND
Received 29 Nov 20064 Burnley Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 8EU
Received 29 Nov 2006Croft Top Farm Stonefold Village Haslingden Rossendale
Received 6 Nov 2006Crawshaw Hall Lodge Burnley Road Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LZ
Received 6 Nov 2006441 Blackburn Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AT
Received 10 Jul 200638A Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DY
Received 6 Jul 20061 Holmeswood Park Rossendale BB4 6JA
Received 6 Jul 2006Green Lowe Barn Coal Pit Lane Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9SA
Received 6 Jul 2006The Old Shippon Parkinson Fold Barn Ewood Bridge Haslingden Lancashire BB4 6LE
Received 26 May 200651 Booth Road Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9BP
Received 25 May 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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