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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Rossendale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Rossendale website
17,466 approved · 3,260 refused · 1,068 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 1974 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rings Nook Goodshawfold Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8QN
Received 27 Aug 199324 Edinburgh Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4RA
Received 26 Aug 1993Haslingden County Primary School Ryefield Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4BJ
Received 25 Aug 1993Land Off Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire
Received 25 Aug 1993The Chapel Lord Street Crawshawbooth Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8AD
Received 25 Aug 1993Timberchase Scout Road Whitewell Bottom Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9JS
Received 25 Aug 1993233 Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DJ
Received 25 Aug 1993119 Staghills Road Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7TY
Received 25 Aug 1993Land Off Fairfield Avenue Edgeside Rossendale Lancashire
Received 24 Aug 1993Knowl View Irwell Vale Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6LF
Received 24 Aug 199333-35 Market Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0AJ
Received 23 Aug 1993Top O Th Lea Bury Old Road Shuttleworth Ramsbottom Bury BL0 0RX
Received 24 Aug 1993Land Off Oak Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 23 Aug 1993Land Off Spring Side Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 23 Aug 1993Paragon Works Worsley Street Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2SL
Received 20 Aug 1993Land Off Carr Farm Close Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Aug 1993Land Off Carr Farm Close Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Aug 1993Land Off Royds Road Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire
Received 20 Aug 1993457 Helmshore Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4JR
Received 20 Aug 1993Edge Lane Farm Edge Lane Cloughfold Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9NA
Received 19 Aug 1993Land Off Station Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire
Received 16 Aug 199338 Hall Fold Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8TT
Received 18 Aug 1993Land Off Bank Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 18 Aug 1993Horncliffe Mansion Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6JS
Received 16 Aug 1993Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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