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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
17,468 approved · 3,275 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 8 The Courtyard,Grane Road,Haslingden,Rossendale BB4 4PB
Received 29 Feb 2008Plot 9,Lea Bank,Rawtenstall
Received 3 Mar 20089 Jubilee Close,Haslingden,Lancashire.BB4 4RN
Received 6 Mar 2008Horncliffe House,Bury Road,Rawtenstall, BB4 6JS
Received 5 Mar 20081 Princess Street Haslingden BB4 8NN
Received 13 Feb 2008Marndale Cowpe Road Rawtenstall Lancashire BB4 7DQ
Received 13 Feb 2008Lower Fairbanks Farm,Goodshaw Fold Road, Loveclough
Received 4 Mar 2008Land Off Rochdale Road,Britannia,Bacup,Lancashire
Received 14 Feb 2008Two Owls Cottage,Croston Close Road,Ramsbottom,Lancashire BL9 6TB
Received 3 Mar 200830 Tong End,Whitworth,Lancashire,OL12 8BJ
Received 3 Mar 2008New Barn Farm,Hollin Lane,Rawtenstall,Lancashire,BB4 8TE
Received 3 Mar 200823 Beech Street Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8JL
Received 19 Aug 20097/9 Manchester Road Haslingden BB4 5SL
Received 18 Aug 2009The Barn Adjacent No 155 Market Street Edenfield Lancashire BL0 0JL
Received 18 Aug 20098 Lowe View Waterfoot Rossendale
Received 6 Aug 200911 Jubilee Close Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4RN
Received 28 Jul 2009Broadway Primary School Broadway Haslingden Rossendale BB4 4EH
Received 18 Jul 2009Land Adjacent To 'Ashfield' Vicarage Lane Haslingden Road Rawtenstall BB4 6QX
Received 19 Aug 2011Land To The South Of Booth Road Waterfoot
Received 28 May 20093 Cotman Close Bacup Lancashire OL13 9TT
Received 28 May 200941 Knowl Meadow Helmshore Rossendale BB4 4LW
Received 27 May 2009Booth Grange Church Street Stacksteads Bacup OL13 Orw
Received 22 May 200914 Market Street Bacup Lancashire OL13 8EZ
Received 21 May 20096 Baron Street Rossendale BB4 7LF
Received 20 May 2009Records 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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