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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Great Stonedge House Great Stonedge Farm Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire BB9 6LP
Received 16 May 2025Unit 4 Darwil House Bradley Hall Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 8HF
Received 16 May 202554 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EJ
Received 19 May 2025Saint Peter And Saint Pauls Roman Catholic Church Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 19 May 2025Prospect Farm Caravan Site Lenches Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8ET
Received 20 May 202516 Hillside View Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5DU
Received 20 May 2025Rockwood Lodge Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire BB10 3QF
Received 20 May 202541 Larch Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9RH
Received 20 May 202516 Lidgett Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AF
Received 22 May 202511 Butterfield Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7GR
Received 21 May 202535 Fountain Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XU
Received 22 May 202528 Avon Drive Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6ET
Received 22 May 2025Agricultural Building To The East Of Windacre Farm Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire
Received 22 May 2025Units 1 To 3 Canalside Industrial Park Norfolk Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 27 May 202595 Reedyford Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 8LW
Received 27 May 20255 Highgate Nelson Lancashire BB9 0DU
Received 27 May 20251 Carr Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7JS
Received 27 May 20259 Ben Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6HR
Received 27 May 2025Towngate House Skipton New Road Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7PX
Received 28 May 2025Bracken Hill Farm Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8SY
Received 16 May 2025104 Green Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8AJ
Received 28 May 2025Land To The West Of Brogden View Brogden Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 28 May 2025Land At Former Garden Centre Skipton New Road Foulridge Lancashire
Received 28 May 2025Land To The North Of 47 Townley Street Colne Lancashire
Received 28 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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