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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
16 Birtwistle Avenue Colne Lancashire BB8 9RS
Received 26 Nov 202411 Heights Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0QE
Received 26 Nov 2024The Meadows Higher Park Kelbrook Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5TD
Received 26 Nov 202427 Alma Avenue Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7NS
Received 26 Nov 2024Tower Buildings 2 Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0JL
Received 26 Nov 2024Wycoller Park Tourist Information Centre Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SU
Received 26 Nov 2024Pendle Hall Farm Grove Lane Higham Lancashire BB12 9AF
Received 27 Nov 2024Land To The East Of Ebenezer Chapel Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire
Received 27 Nov 2024Boundary Retail Park Corporation Street Colne Lancashire BB8 8LB
Received 27 Nov 2024Land To The South Of Green Meadow Trawden Lancashire
Received 28 Nov 202429 Parsonage Drive Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5DX
Received 28 Nov 2024Development Site To The West Of Meadow Way Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 28 Nov 202434 Gibfield Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8JT
Received 29 Nov 2024115 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7HB
Received 29 Nov 20244 Forester's Buildings Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5NF
Received 29 Nov 2024Barn House Church Street Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QU
Received 29 Nov 202417 Hillside View Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5DU
Received 29 Nov 2024Doughty Farm Back Lane Southfield Lancashire BB10 3RG
Received 29 Nov 202454 Carr Hall Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6PY
Received 1 Dec 2024Garfield Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7HL
Received 1 Dec 2024Stone House Dean Street Trawden Lancashire BB8 8RN
Received 2 Dec 202415 Bank Fold Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6JW
Received 2 Dec 2024Nelson Substation Fleet Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 2 Dec 20242B Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0JL
Received 3 Dec 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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