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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cherry Tree Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9QQ
Received 14 Oct 20252 Castle Court Colne Lancashire BB8 7RD
Received 14 Oct 2025147 Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QN
Received 14 Oct 202511 Ingham Street Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6EG
Received 15 Oct 2025Development Site At Former Barnsey Shed Long Ing Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 16 Oct 2025Whitehough Grange Barley New Road Barley Lancashire BB12 9LF
Received 16 Oct 20254 Richmonds Court Colne Lancashire BB8 9HR
Received 17 Oct 2025Barnard House West Close Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5EN
Received 16 Oct 2025Syke Cottage Holly View Foster Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5AS
Received 17 Oct 2025Syke Cottage Holly View Foster Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5AS
Received 17 Oct 2025Former E L E Advanced Technologies Ltd Cotton Tree Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7BX
Received 17 Oct 2025Chestnut House 11 Lockfield Drive Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6HN
Received 18 Oct 20258 Park Avenue Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6DG
Received 20 Oct 202533 Carr Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7JS
Received 17 Oct 2025Land And Garage To The South Of 7 To 9 Clifton Street Trawden Lancashire
Received 20 Oct 2025Development Site To The North East Of Saint Thomas Church Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 20 Oct 2025125 Bradshaw Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BH
Received 20 Oct 202538 Fleet Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XX
Received 20 Oct 2025Ghyll Brow Works Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5EG
Received 21 Oct 202527 Park Avenue Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5AT
Received 21 Oct 2025100 - 104 Every Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7LS
Received 21 Oct 2025Sough Bridge Mill Colne Road Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6SZ
Received 23 Oct 2025Land At Alder Bank Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 23 Oct 20259 Victoria Avenue Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5RH
Received 23 Oct 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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