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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Pendle Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Oct 2023 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Allotments Beverley Road Blacko Lancashire
Received 23 Oct 2023Land And Buildings To The North West Parkinson Street Foulridge Lancashire
Received 28 Apr 2024Land To The North Of 6 Parkinson Street Foulridge Lancashire
Received 17 May 2024Land To The South East Of Pasture Barn Pasture Lane Barrowford Lancashire
Received 25 Jun 20247 Grange Avenue Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AN
Received 28 Jun 202417 Highgate Nelson Lancashire BB9 0DU
Received 4 Jul 2024Land To The South Of White House Farm Noyna Road Foulridge Lancashire
Received 11 Jul 2024Tudor Barn Langroyd Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AN
Received 16 Jul 2024Roaming Roosters Barrowford Road Higham Lancashire BB12 9ER
Received 19 Jul 2024Land To The South East Of Scholefield Mill Southfield Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 29 Jul 2024Bridge Holme Laithe Greenberfield Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5LJ
Received 15 Aug 2024Park Hill Farm Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AJ
Received 19 Aug 2024Piked Edge Farm Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7EP
Received 30 Aug 2024Unit 1 Dockray Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9HT
Received 1 Sept 2024Carr Beck Gisburn Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5XD
Received 3 Sept 2024Albert Mill Mill Street Barrowford Lancashire
Received 5 Sept 202479 Brentwood Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 8AY
Received 17 Sept 2024Land To The North East Of Meadow Way Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 18 Sept 2024Greenberfield Farm Greenberfield Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5SU
Received 19 Sept 2024Weston Electric Units Ltd Station Road Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7LE
Received 19 Sept 20245 Avon Drive Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6ET
Received 20 Sept 202470 Chapel House Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9DJ
Received 20 Sept 2024Field 3226 At The Junction With Reedymoor Lane Whitemoor Road Foulridge Lancashire
Received 21 Sept 2024Dame Cottage 16 - 18 Water Street Earby Lancashire BB18 6QP
Received 23 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Pendle 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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