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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Containing 6 To 8 Birch Hall Lane Earby Lancashire
Received 15 Apr 20255 Lane Ends Close Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5FD
Received 15 Apr 20257 Woodlands Close Earby Lancashire BB18 6WD
Received 15 Apr 2025Green End Smallholding Lenches Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8ET
Received 16 Apr 2025Former E L E Advanced Technologies Ltd Cotton Tree Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7BX
Received 16 Apr 2025Land To Rear Of 8 Birch Hall Lane Earby Lancashire
Received 16 Apr 2025Marles Hill 150 Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QQ
Received 17 Apr 2025Green Fells Skipton New Road Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7NW
Received 22 Apr 2025Oaklands Church Street Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QU
Received 23 Apr 202543 Park Avenue Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5AT
Received 23 Apr 2025High Lea Hill Top Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7LR
Received 24 Apr 202570 Maurice Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7HY
Received 24 Apr 2025Market Hall Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0HS
Received 24 Apr 2025Land At Trough Laithe Barrowford Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 25 Apr 2025Heights House Farm Wheathead Lane Blacko Lancashire BB9 6PB
Received 28 Apr 20258 Albert Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EY
Received 28 Apr 20258 Lune Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0HG
Received 28 Apr 2025249 Barkerhouse Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9NL
Received 29 Apr 2025Station House 1 Skipton Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6PX
Received 29 Apr 20253 Elizabeth Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YA
Received 30 Apr 20256 Howgill Close Nelson Lancashire BB9 0SX
Received 30 Apr 2025Lakeside Cafe Ball Grove Recreation Centre Ball Grove Drive Colne Lancashire BB8 7HY
Received 30 Apr 20252 Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7UU
Received 1 May 20258 Park Drive Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5BP
Received 1 May 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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