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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
17,469 approved · 3,274 refused · 1,071 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jun 1973 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Weavers Institute Union Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5QD
Received 24 Jun 1991Kirk Hill Toll Bar Rock Hall Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 27 Mar 19918 Moorcroft Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0LL
Received 27 Mar 1991St James The Less Rc Church Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8HH
Received 26 Mar 1991Land Off Woodcroft Street Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 26 Mar 1991Hurst Farm Hurst Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RE
Received 26 Mar 1991Hurst Farm Hurst Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7RE
Received 26 Mar 199122 Greave Clough Drive Bacup Lancashire OL13 9HP
Received 26 Mar 19915 Beech Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9DS
Received 25 Mar 199159 Hameldon Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RL
Received 25 Mar 19913-4 Greave Terrace Bacup Lancashire OL13 9JB
Received 25 Mar 1991Hud Mill Hud Rake Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5AL
Received 25 Mar 1991Nanny Brow Cottage Tong Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 9XB
Received 25 Mar 1991Great Hey Bungalow Church Lane Edenfield Bury Lancashire BL0 0QL
Received 25 Mar 1991Farholme Mill Farholme Lane Stacksteads Bacup Lancashire OL13 0EZ
Received 15 Apr 1991Oak House 92 Market Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 0AY
Received 25 Mar 199123 Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8ND
Received 25 Mar 1991Poplar Street Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 25 Mar 1991Hill End Farm Park Road Helmshore Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4AR
Received 22 Mar 1991Haslingden High School Broadway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4EY
Received 20 Mar 19912-4 Rockliffe Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9QY
Received 20 Mar 199114 Slaidburn Avenue Constable Lee Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JS
Received 20 Mar 199125 Hameldon Road Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8RL
Received 20 Mar 1991Garage Site Lancaster Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 1991Records 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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