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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Site To The North East Of Saint Thomas Church Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 4 Dec 2025300 Burnley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8JN
Received 5 Dec 2025Jet Service Station Colne Road Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5NP
Received 8 Dec 2025New Inn Skipton Old Road Foulridge Lancashire BB8 7PD
Received 6 Dec 202555 Bracewell Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9RD
Received 5 Dec 2025The Old Barn Lane Top Winewall Lancashire BB8 8BU
Received 5 Dec 2025Woodlyn Barrowford Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9QW
Received 9 Dec 202514 Ash Grove Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5NN
Received 9 Dec 202560 - 62 Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0HS
Received 10 Dec 202594 Regent Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 8LJ
Received 10 Dec 202592 Regent Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 8LJ
Received 10 Dec 20252 Heights Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0QE
Received 11 Dec 202557 Reedley Road Reedley Burnley Lancashire
Received 11 Dec 2025Wynstone Barrowford Road Colne Lancashire BB8 9QW
Received 13 Dec 2025Unit 8 Station Yard Colne Road Earby Lancashire BB18 6XB
Received 14 Dec 2025Tanners House Farm Old Stone Trough Lane Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6LW
Received 12 Dec 2025Land To The West Of Garfield Keighley Road Colne Lancashire
Received 15 Dec 2025Borisha Dene Greenberfield Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5LJ
Received 15 Dec 20255 Emmott Court Colne Lancashire BB8 7JH
Received 15 Dec 2025Inghamite Chapel Earby Road Salterforth Lancashire
Received 15 Dec 20255 Bent Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7AA
Received 16 Dec 2025Land To The South East Of Red Scar Works Primet Street Colne Lancashire
Received 16 Dec 20251 Cavendish Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5QW
Received 16 Dec 2025Land To The North East Of Laneside Farm Brogden Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 16 Dec 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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