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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 - 98 Chapel House Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9DL
Received 11 Jun 202588 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7HD
Received 12 Jun 2025Greenbank Farm Greenbank Drive Fence Lancashire BB12 9QJ
Received 12 Jun 20256 Colne Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6JQ
Received 12 Jun 2025Spout House Farm Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire BB9 6LZ
Received 12 Jun 2025Dotcliffe Yard Dotcliffe Road Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6TN
Received 13 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 37 Hollin Hall Trawden Lancashire
Received 13 Jun 2025Park Hill Farm Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AJ
Received 13 Jun 2025Bleara Barn Coolham Lane Earby Lancashire BB18 6LE
Received 13 Jun 2025Land To The North East Side Of Kelbrook Road Salterforth Lancashire
Received 13 Jun 202515 Stott Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EP
Received 16 Jun 2025Development Site To The West Of Meadow Way Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 16 Jun 2025Land To The West Of Birtwistle Court Kelbrook Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 17 Jun 202529 New Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9BJ
Received 18 Jun 2025Land To The West Of Hollinwood Calf Hall Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 18 Jun 2025Brynmoor Skipton Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8RD
Received 18 Jun 2025Moorcock House Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire BB9 6NG
Received 18 Jun 202530 And 32 Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 18 Jun 20256 Trent Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0NY
Received 20 Jun 20251 Applegarth Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6EW
Received 20 Jun 2025Lloyd Bmw Crown Way Colne Lancashire BB8 9NP
Received 20 Jun 202557 Reedley Road Reedley Burnley Lancashire
Received 22 Jun 2025Higher Fencegate Farm Croft Top Lane Higham Lancashire BB12 9LY
Received 22 Jun 2025Upper Marsden Mill Marsden Mill Brunswick Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0LY
Received 23 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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