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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
17,006 approved · 3,195 refused · 1,062 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Apr 1975 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hardman Business Centre Newhallhey Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 16 Jan 199549 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 17 Jan 1995Land At J Novak Ltd Burnley Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale
Received 17 Jan 199561 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale
Received 17 Jan 19951 Gilbert Street Stubbins Ramsbottom
Received 17 Jan 1995Plover Heights Farm Off Dean Lane Water Rossendale
Received 16 Jan 1995203 Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 16 Jan 1995Land At Mickledore Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 13 Jan 1995Equipment. The Development May Affect The Setting Of Foot Land At Deerplay Off Burnley Road Weir Bacup
Received 13 Jan 1995Land Off Burnley Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale
Received 11 Jan 1995Land Off Burnley Road Crawshawbooth Rossendale
Received 11 Jan 1995Underbank Farm Off Rising Bridge Road Rising Bridge Accrington
Received 11 Jan 1995Land At Victoria Mills Fallbarn Road Rawtenstall Rossendale
Received 11 Jan 199519 Heys Street Haslingden Rossendale
Received 9 Jan 1995Stone House Clough End Road Haslingden Rossendale
Received 9 Jan 1995Land Off Hud Hey Road Haslingden Rossendale
Received 9 Jan 1995Property And Land At And Adjoining Britannia And Albert Mills Mill Street Haslingden
Received 9 Jan 199517 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale
Received 5 Jan 1995Land At Willow Field Cowpe Bacup Lancs
Received 4 Jan 1995Kingsleigh 33 Dean Road Haslingden Rossendale
Received 3 Jan 1995232C Newchurch Road Stacksteads Bacup
Received 22 Dec 199497 Deardengate Haslingden Rossendale
Received 22 Dec 1994Land At Pleasant View Farm Helmshore Road Holcombe Rossendale
Received 22 Dec 1994721 Bacup Road Waterfoot Rossendale
Received 22 Dec 1994Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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