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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.
8,710 approved · 1,904 refused · 540 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Chapel Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QR
Received 4 Jun 200712 Hey Head Avenue Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9BS
Received 14 Jun 2007Land Off Highfield Park Haslingden
Received 13 Jun 2007St Pauls C Of E School Calder Road Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HT
Received 12 Jun 20077 - 9 Irwell Terrace Bacup Lancashire OL13 9AW
Received 11 Jun 2007599 - 603 Burnley Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AN
Received 28 Jun 20077 Piercy Meadow Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9JH
Received 11 Jun 2007Mickledore Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RS
Received 21 Jun 2007Probation Office 1 North Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LX
Received 11 Jun 200716 Graver Weir Terrace Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9QT
Received 12 Jun 200711 Horncliffe Close Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EE
Received 6 Jun 200766 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EW
Received 11 Jun 20077 Holmeswood Park Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JA
Received 7 Jun 2007Unit 7 New Line Industrial Estate The Sidings Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RW
Received 17 Jul 2007Dearden Fold Farm Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8TY
Received 13 Aug 2007Laund Bank Farm Lee Brook Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JF
Received 5 Jun 2007Craven Heifer 264 - 266 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HH
Received 5 Jun 2007409 Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JA
Received 5 Jun 200715 Riverside Park Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9LU
Received 14 Jun 200712 Broadway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4HB
Received 4 Jun 200715 Windermere Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DN
Received 4 Jun 2007Orama Mill Hall Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8TL
Received 25 Jun 2007Madison Park Wine Bar 2 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EW
Received 29 May 200716 Sunny Bank Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4PF
Received 1 Jun 2007Records 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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