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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 For Potential Development B To The West Of Lakeside Red Lane Colne Lancashire
Received 28 May 2025Proposed Agricultural Building To The West Of Tum Hill Farm Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire
Received 28 May 2025Higher Wellhead Cottage Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LP
Received 28 May 20251 Beckside Close Trawden Lancashire BB8 8TG
Received 29 May 2025Potential Development Land To The North West Of Holme End Brierfield Lancashire
Received 29 May 2025Land To The North West Of West Lynn Barrowford Road Colne Lancashire
Received 29 May 20254 John Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5QD
Received 30 May 2025Grange Hill Skipton Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6JL
Received 31 May 20252 Frank Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5AE
Received 2 Jun 20255 Bentley Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9BZ
Received 2 Jun 20255 Reedley Grove Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB10 2LA
Received 2 Jun 2025Land To The South Of The Junction With Keighley Road School Lane Colne Lancashire
Received 2 Jun 20251 Holme Crescent Trawden Lancashire BB8 8RE
Received 3 Jun 20251 Brier Crescent Nelson Lancashire BB9 0QD
Received 5 Jun 202556 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EJ
Received 5 Jun 2025Land At The Site Of Former High Laithe Cross Lane Salterforth Lancashire
Received 5 Jun 2025129 Marsden Hall Road North Nelson Lancashire BB9 8JL
Received 7 Jun 202542 Priory Chase Nelson Lancashire BB9 0NT
Received 8 Jun 202536 Red Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7JT
Received 6 Jun 2025118 Castle Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7DS
Received 6 Jun 202510 Sir William Hartley Court Colne Lancashire BB8 7JF
Received 10 Jun 20255 Carrside Fence Lancashire BB9 6RX
Received 10 Jun 2025Workshop 2 Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0JL
Received 10 Jun 202511 Crow Foot Fold Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5DJ
Received 11 Jun 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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