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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Alder Bank Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 28 Feb 20256 Castle View Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5PN
Received 4 Mar 2025Dane Cottage Old Lane Earby Lancashire BB18 6QG
Received 4 Mar 2025Site For Proposed Domestic Garage Garage Site Edith Street Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 4 Mar 2025Land To The South Of Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 5 Mar 2025164 Wheatley Lane Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9QG
Received 5 Mar 2025Higher Park Hill Farm Colne Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6JQ
Received 5 Mar 2025Moor Laithe Farm High Lane Salterforth Lancashire BB18 5SN
Received 5 Mar 2025Proposed Agricultural Building To The West Of Tum Hill Farm Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire
Received 7 Mar 2025Lidgett Flat Farm Brogden Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5XE
Received 7 Mar 20258 Middleton Drive Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6BA
Received 8 Mar 2025Shaygate Farm Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7EW
Received 8 Mar 202536 Bent Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7AA
Received 9 Mar 202554 Carr Hall Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6PY
Received 10 Mar 2025Former Service Reservoir To The North East Of Whinberry Boathouse High Lane Salterforth Lancashire
Received 10 Mar 2025Canal Towpath To The North Of Lob Lane Bridge Clitheroe Road Brierfield Lancashire
Received 10 Mar 202530 Rothesay Road Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5RS
Received 10 Mar 2025101 Beaufort Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0RE
Received 11 Mar 202523 Duxbury Street Earby Lancashire BB18 6RG
Received 12 Mar 20257 Lowther Lane Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7JY
Received 12 Mar 2025Higher Stunstead Farm Stunstead Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8QB
Received 21 Jan 202515 Bank Fold Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6JW
Received 12 Mar 2025New Laund Farm Greenhead Lane Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB12 9DU
Received 11 Mar 202529 Parsonage Drive Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5DX
Received 11 Mar 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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