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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
17,470 approved · 3,275 refused · 1,071 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jun 1973 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Daneswood Close Whitworth Nr Rochdale OL12 8UX
Received 25 Jun 2009Mansion House Farm Kings Highway Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB5 2DP
Received 31 Aug 2011Junction Of A682/Bocholt Way/Newhallhey Roundabout Rawtenstall
Received 25 Jun 2009Ravenshore Farm Cottage Holcombe Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4AN
Received 8 Jun 2009Old Swallow Barn Higher Lane Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5UD
Received 5 Jan 2010Lee Street Bacup Lancashire
Received 29 Dec 2010Land Adjoining 15 Andrew Avenue,Rawtenstall,BB4 6EU
Received 29 Dec 2010Far Bank End Farm Brex Off Shawclough Road Bacup Lancs OL13 8NW
Received 12 Jan 2011Reelvision Print Ltd Commerce Street Haslingden Rossendale BB4 5JT
Received 21 Dec 2010Land Opposite 183 Dean Lane Rossendale BB4 9RB
Received 15 Dec 2010239 Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 7PA
Received 15 Dec 2010Orama Mill Hall Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8TL
Received 15 Dec 20106 Hall Close Reeds Holme Rossendale BB4 8PS
Received 2 Dec 2010Land To North Of Solomon Commercials Ltd Kingsway Haslingden BB4 4QJ
Received 1 Dec 201030 Nicola Close Weir Bacup OL13 8RR
Received 18 Jan 20115 Greenbank Park Rawtenstall BB4 7SY
Received 24 Nov 2010Land At Crook Hill Reddyshore Scout Gate Lane Todmorden
Received 21 Jan 2011Lidl UK GMBH Bacup Road Rawtenstall Lancashire BB4 7ND
Received 20 Jan 20113 Woodcroft Avenue Rossendale BB4 8NF
Received 10 Jan 2011Unit 2, Daisy Nook Honey Hole Stacksteads Bacup OL13 8NQ
Received 5 Jan 20114 & 6 Schofield Street Waterfoot
Received 13 Feb 20092 Meadow Park Ramsbottom Bury BL0 0QB
Received 12 Feb 2009Dearden Fold Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall BB4 8TY
Received 10 Feb 200927 Hazel Grove Bacup Lancashire OL13 9XT
Received 9 Feb 2009Records 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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