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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 East Of 7 Harry Street Salterforth Lancashire
Received 3 Jul 2025Holy Trinity Church Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 4 Jul 2025Land To The South West Of Waterside Cuckstool Lane Fence Lancashire
Received 4 Jul 2025The Hedgerows Colne Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6JQ
Received 4 Jul 2025Childrens Nursery Edmondson Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5EY
Received 4 Jul 2025Boundary Garage Burnley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8LF
Received 7 Jul 2025Land To The North East Of Ing Farm Colne Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 7 Jul 2025The Old Barn Lane Top Winewall Lancashire BB8 8BU
Received 7 Jul 2025The Old Barn Lane Top Winewall Lancashire BB8 8BU
Received 7 Jul 2025Site For Proposed Agricultural Building To The North East Of 10 To 12 Hollin Hall Trawden Lancashire
Received 8 Jul 2025Heyroyd Farmhouse Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AD
Received 8 Jul 20259 Millbrook Court Colne Lancashire BB8 7HZ
Received 8 Jul 20255 Moorland Close Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6BG
Received 8 Jul 2025129 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7AG
Received 9 Jul 2025Lisleitrim Crowtrees Roughlee Lancashire BB9 6NU
Received 9 Jul 2025138 Berkeley Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0RJ
Received 9 Jul 2025Highcroft Harden Road Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6TS
Received 10 Jul 2025Catlow Farmhouse Southfield Lane Southfield Lancashire BB10 3RN
Received 10 Jul 20253 Spring Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7DL
Received 10 Jul 2025Doughty Farm Back Lane Southfield Lancashire BB10 3RG
Received 10 Jul 2025Land To The North Of Applegarth Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 12 Jul 2025Land To The South West Of 50 Wickworth Street Nelson Lancashire
Received 11 Jul 2025Croft Barn Barley New Road Barley Lancashire BB12 9LF
Received 14 Jul 2025Development Site At Former Barnsey Shed Long Ing Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 14 Jul 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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