Understanding planning · 13 min read
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17,470 approved · 3,275 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Crest Moor Unity Way Haslingden Old Road Rawtenstall
Received 19 Sept 2009105 Market Street Whitworth Rossendale
Received 21 Sept 2009Land Off Green Street Rawtenstall
Received 17 Sept 2009Broadley Wood Healey Grove Whitworth Lancs OL12 8RX
Received 16 Sept 200915 Knowl Meadow Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LW
Received 5 May 2011Ilex Mill Bacup Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 28 Apr 2011St Georges Cottage Cowpe Road Rossendale BB4 7AB
Received 28 Apr 2011Parrock Lumb Farm Sharneyford Bacup OL13 9UT
Received 28 Apr 20111A Rochdale Road Ramsbottom Bolton Lancashire BL0 0JT
Received 19 Apr 2011Top Of The Shore Farm Shore End Whitworth OL12 8JA
Received 19 Apr 2011537 Burnley Road East Rossendale BB4 9LQ
Received 21 Mar 2011Clay Royds Farm Cowpe Road Rossendale BB4 7AA
Received 7 Feb 2011Church Of St Saviour New Line Bacup Lancs OL13 0BY
Received 12 Nov 2010Tor View Primary Clod Lane Haslingden BB4 6LR
Received 4 Feb 2011Sunnyside Rest Home Coupland Close Whitworth Rochdale OL12 8QE
Received 3 Feb 201144 The Moorlands Bacup Lancashire OL13 8BT
Received 16 Jun 2010Land Off Blackwood Road Stacksteads Rossendale
Received 11 Jun 2010Hargreaves Fold Farm North Hargreaves Fold Lane Lumb Rossendale BB4 9RU
Received 11 Jun 201018 Bond Street Edenfield Rossendale Lancs BL0 0EW
Received 2 Jun 201017 Church St Haslingden Rossendale Lancs BB4 5QU
Received 2 Jun 20106 Baron Street Rossendale BB4 7LF
Received 1 Jun 2010Prinny Mill Blackburn Road Haslingden Lancashire BB4 5HL
Received 1 Jun 2010Northwoods 24 Sunny Bank Road Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4PF
Received 6 Aug 2010Top Of The Shore Farm Shore End Whitworth Rochdale OL12 8JA
Received 29 Jul 2010Records 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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