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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17,469 approved · 3,275 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Reddish Hill Farm Market Street Shawforth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8XD
Received 25 Jul 2008The Fishermans Retreat Riding Head Lane Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 0HH
Received 24 Jul 2008556 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8NE
Received 7 Mar 200833 Redwood Drive Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6DR
Received 23 Jul 2008Land At Lower Slack Farm Pinch Clough Road Whitewell Bottom Rossendale BB4 9RT
Received 22 Jul 2008Land At Lower Slack Farm Pinch Clough Road Whitewell Bottom Rossendale BB4 9RT
Received 22 Jul 2008Land Adjacent 16 Upper Ash Mount Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7PS
Received 23 Jul 2008Vibe Studio First & Second Floor 89-91 Bank Street Rawtenstall BB4 6JW
Received 22 Jul 200819 Laund Hey View Haslingden Lancashire BB4 4BB
Received 23 Jun 2008128 Jubilee Road Haslingden Lancashire BB4 4DD
Received 27 Jun 200813 Walnut Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5NJ
Received 27 Jun 200819 Rockbridge Fold Whitewell Bottom Rossendale
Received 31 Jul 200817 Hillside Drive Newchurch Rossendale BB4 9DH
Received 27 Aug 2008Land At The Junction Of Tong Lane And Pennine Road, Moorgate, Bacup OL13 9JQ
Received 12 Jun 2008The Fudge Factory Spring Place Facit Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8DN
Received 9 Jun 2008The Pit Yard Dean Lane Water Rossendale Lancashire
Received 11 Jun 200811 Sunnyside Close Reeds Holme Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8PE
Received 10 Jun 20083 Taylor Street Whitworth Rochdale OL12 8PT
Received 9 Jun 2008Former Groundwork Building New Hall Hey Road Rossendale BB4 6HL
Received 9 Jun 200812 Springfield Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7UJ
Received 9 Jun 2008Setco Automotive (uk) Ltd York Avenue Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4HU
Received 9 Jun 2008Land Adjacent To Bungalow, Dean Road, Haslingden
Received 6 Jun 2008Land Off Rochdale Road Britannia Bacup Lancashire
Received 6 Jun 2008Lower Underbank Farm Underbank Road Rising Bridge Accrington Lancashire BB5 2TA
Received 22 Feb 2008Records 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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