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
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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 The Old Barn Robinson Lane Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5QR
Received 10 Oct 202429 Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0LJ
Received 10 Oct 2024Far Banks Farm Cross Lane Barley Lancashire BB12 9JS
Received 10 Oct 2024412 Wheatley Lane Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9PZ
Received 11 Oct 2024Land To The North Of Rockwood Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 14 Oct 20241 Fir Trees Grove Higham Lancashire BB12 9BA
Received 14 Oct 2024Rawlins Court Riley Street Earby Lancashire BB18 6NX
Received 15 Oct 2024West Lynn Barrowford Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9QW
Received 15 Oct 20242 York House Church Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5UT
Received 15 Oct 2024West Lynn Barrowford Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9QW
Received 16 Oct 202477 Bankhouse Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7QY
Received 16 Oct 2024130 Hallam Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 8DJ
Received 16 Oct 2024E L E Advanced Technologies Ltd Cotton Tree Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7BX
Received 17 Oct 2024Land To The South Of Chamber Hil Farm Clitheroe Road Brierfield Lancashire
Received 17 Oct 2024Under Pendle House Barley Lane Barley Lancashire BB9 6LQ
Received 17 Oct 202457 York Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0NW
Received 21 Oct 202481 Pine Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9RB
Received 21 Oct 2024Overdene Manchester Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5QT
Received 22 Oct 20242 Pine Gardens Vernon Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7HN
Received 21 Oct 2024ATM Machine At Units 3 To 6 80 Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 22 Oct 2024ATM Machine At Units 3 To 6 80 Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 22 Oct 202440 Highgate Nelson Lancashire BB9 0DU
Received 22 Oct 202428 Bird Street Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5BD
Received 22 Oct 2024Park Hill Farm Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AJ
Received 22 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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