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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Post Office 9 - 11 Frank Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5AE
Received 24 Oct 2025Site Of Wheatley Laithe Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire
Received 24 Oct 2025Former E L E Advanced Technologies Ltd Cotton Tree Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7BX
Received 24 Oct 2025Bridge Holme Laithe Greenberfield Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5LJ
Received 24 Oct 2025Circular 14/90 Overhead Electricity Line Birch Hall Lane Earby Lancashire
Received 24 Oct 202575 Bentley Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BS
Received 24 Oct 2025Plot 9 Land To The South West Of Whiteholme 317 Ribblesdale Place Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 26 Oct 202540 Red Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7JT
Received 27 Oct 2025Land To The South Of Chamber Hil Farm Clitheroe Road Brierfield Lancashire
Received 27 Oct 20251 Sandringham Close Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6PT
Received 27 Oct 20251 Bracewell Close Nelson Lancashire BB9 9RN
Received 27 Oct 20251 Bracewell Close Nelson Lancashire BB9 9RN
Received 28 Oct 20257 Clarkson Close Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB10 2AQ
Received 28 Oct 2025Unit 6 Spring Gardens Mill Business Park Spring Gardens Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8FP
Received 28 Oct 2025Germany Farm Wycoller Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8PZ
Received 24 Oct 2025Sabden Great Hall Sabden Fold Higham Lancashire BB12 9LS
Received 28 Oct 202521 Lupton Drive Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6JT
Received 28 Oct 2025Burrell Avenue Post Office 1 - 3 Burrell Avenue Colne Lancashire BB8 9EX
Received 29 Oct 2025Tanners House Farm Old Stone Trough Lane Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6LW
Received 29 Oct 2025Wood End Farm Woodend Road Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB12 9DS
Received 29 Oct 2025Cricket Ground Victory Park West Close Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5EN
Received 29 Oct 2025147 Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire BB9 8BH
Received 30 Oct 202557 Trent Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0NX
Received 30 Oct 2025Higher Naze End Farm Hollin Hall Trawden Lancashire BB8 8PU
Received 30 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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