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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
206 Hibson Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0EB
Received 23 Sept 2024Croft Mill Lowther Lane Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7NE
Received 23 Sept 202421 Ribblesdale Place Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AX
Received 24 Sept 2024Land To The Rear Of The Greyhound Inn Manchester Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 24 Sept 202426 Lancaster Gate Nelson Lancashire BB9 0AP
Received 24 Sept 20247 Cavendish Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5QW
Received 24 Sept 2024Green End Farm House Rushton Avenue Earby Lancashire BB18 6PQ
Received 24 Sept 202437 Varley Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0RB
Received 26 Sept 202412 Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QT
Received 26 Sept 20247 Bright Terrace Trawden Lancashire BB8 8PD
Received 26 Sept 202423 Norfolk Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9JH
Received 27 Sept 2024Thatch And Thistle Surrey Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7TZ
Received 26 Sept 2024Castercliffe Primary Academy Marsden Hall Road North Nelson Lancashire BB9 8JJ
Received 27 Sept 202422 Newport Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7RW
Received 30 Sept 2024Unit 1 Cobden Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0AG
Received 30 Sept 20244 Elm Close Salterforth Lancashire BB18 5UB
Received 30 Sept 2024Brookdell Retirement Home Foreside Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AB
Received 30 Sept 2024Hare And Hounds Inn Skipton Old Road Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7PD
Received 30 Sept 202420 Deerstone Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9LN
Received 30 Sept 2024Birtwistle Standroyd Bungalows Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7HB
Received 1 Oct 202461 Bracewell Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0NR
Received 1 Oct 2024Oakfield Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AE
Received 1 Oct 2024Methodist Church Temple Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0TH
Received 1 Oct 20247 Green Ridge Close Brierfield Lancashire BB9 0HJ
Received 2 Oct 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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