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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Skipton Road Business Park Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5EF
Received 10 Jan 202512 Pennine Crescent Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5EU
Received 10 Jan 2025Thistleholme Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SY
Received 10 Jan 2025Greenfield House Greenfield Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9PE
Received 13 Jan 2025Parkfield Stable Red Lane Colne Lancashire
Received 13 Jan 2025Development Site At Former 1 To 33 O'hagan Court Brierfield Lancashire
Received 13 Jan 2025Church Rooms Saint Bartholomews Church Church Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0LG
Received 13 Jan 2025Church Rooms Saint Bartholomews Church Church Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0LG
Received 13 Jan 2025St Marys Church Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 14 Jan 20254 Colne Road Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5PH
Received 14 Jan 20253 Dixon Street Barrowford Lancashire BB9 8PL
Received 14 Jan 20255 Butterfield Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7GR
Received 14 Jan 2025Sunny Brae Cotton Tree Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7BH
Received 10 Jan 2025Springfield Farm Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SY
Received 14 Jan 2025123 Bradshaw Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BH
Received 14 Jan 2025Access Track To Higher Standroyd Bent Lane Colne Lancashire
Received 14 Jan 202510A Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EG
Received 16 Jan 2025Amenity Area At Junction With Church Street Keighley Road Trawden Lancashire
Received 16 Jan 2025265 - 267 Burnley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8JD
Received 17 Jan 202583 - 85 Charles Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 8SW
Received 20 Jan 2025Development Site At Former Brook Shed New Road Earby Lancashire
Received 20 Jan 2025Thistleholme Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SY
Received 20 Jan 2025Land To The West Of Sheridan Road Sheridan Road Colne Lancashire
Received 21 Jan 202525 Wordsworth Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9RH
Received 21 Jan 2025Records 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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