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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.
8,771 approved · 1,919 refused · 544 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Carr Bank Avenue Ramsbottom Bury BL0 9DW
Received 7 Aug 20079 Folly Terrace Goodshaw Lane Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8DN
Received 8 Aug 2007Land At Tong End Whitworth Lancashire
Received 7 Aug 20071 Holly Tree Close Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8LR
Received 28 Jun 2007White Lion Hotel 72 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EW
Received 13 Jul 2007Old Clough House New Road Weir
Received 10 Jul 200745 Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7QN
Received 26 Jun 200733 Heathbourne Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SW
Received 4 Jul 200740 Hoghton Avenue Bacup Lancashire OL13 9RD
Received 7 Jun 2007404 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EH
Received 7 Jun 200719 Hurst Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RE
Received 7 Jun 2007Green Hill Farm Bamford Road Ramsbottom Bury BL0 0RT
Received 29 Jun 2007Kingdom Hall Todd Carr Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9SJ
Received 3 May 2007Shore End Cottage Old Lane Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8JA
Received 27 Apr 2007Remjack Ltd Radiant Works Burnley Road Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8EW
Received 14 Aug 20072 Bowker Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0QQ
Received 5 Jul 20076 Kay Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7LS
Received 11 May 200794 Cherry Crescent Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DS
Received 26 Apr 2007Land At Clod Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 15 May 200738 Booth Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0SF
Received 27 Apr 2007Plot 7 Lea Bank Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire
Received 23 Apr 200730 Warner Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5SJ
Received 10 May 2007Old Slaughter House Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire
Received 27 Apr 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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