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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The South West Of 1 Carr Road Colne Lancashire
Received 13 Mar 2025Land To The South East Of 71 Mansfield Crescent Brierfield Lancashire
Received 12 Mar 2025Woodlyn Barrowford Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9QW
Received 12 Mar 2025Pendle Rise Shopping Centre Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9SL
Received 12 Mar 2025Development Site To The North East Of Saint Thomas Church Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 12 Mar 2025Coates Flat Cottage Ben Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6HG
Received 12 Mar 202541 Beaufort Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BQ
Received 12 Mar 2025Unit 3 Regent House Regent Street Colne Lancashire BB8 8LJ
Received 12 Mar 202548 Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0EF
Received 13 Mar 202523 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7JD
Received 15 Mar 202523 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7JD
Received 13 Mar 202518 Willow Drive Nelson Lancashire BB9 0NB
Received 13 Mar 2025111 Carr Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7SS
Received 13 Mar 2025Field 5819 North East Of Oxenards Cob Lane Kelbrook Lancashire
Received 14 Mar 2025Hollinwood Calf Hall Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5SA
Received 14 Mar 202575 Bentley Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BS
Received 1 Mar 2025Stump Hall Farm Stump Hall Road Higham Lancashire BB12 9BT
Received 17 Mar 2025Land To The South West Of Tower Farm Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire
Received 17 Mar 2025Development Site At Former Barnsey Shed Long Ing Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 18 Mar 20251 Sydney Terrace Trawden Lancashire BB8 8RH
Received 18 Mar 2025Eastfield Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7UY
Received 18 Mar 202528 - 30 Wellhouse Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6DD
Received 19 Mar 2025Development Site At Former Barnsey Shed Long Ing Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 2025Middleton Laithe Farm Middleton Drive Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6BA
Received 20 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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