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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
16 - 18 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EG
Received 14 Jan 2026249 Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0ER
Received 14 Jan 2026Field To The South Of Lower Calf Hall Farm Esp Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 15 Jan 2026Wanless Water Farm Red Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7JP
Received 16 Jan 202615 Rook Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YF
Received 16 Jan 2026Lower Ogden Reservoir Barley Green Barley Lancashire
Received 16 Jan 2026Land For Potential Development A To The West Of Lakeside Red Lane Colne Lancashire
Received 16 Jan 20266 Mason Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9BU
Received 17 Jan 20262 Heights Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 0QE
Received 19 Jan 2026129 Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XR
Received 19 Jan 202640 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EJ
Received 19 Jan 2026Langroyd Hall Langroyd Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AN
Received 19 Jan 2026Holmefield House Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 8ND
Received 20 Jan 2026Land To The North Of The Junction With Lomeshaye Way Carr Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 20 Jan 2026Langroyd Hall Farm Langroyd Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AN
Received 20 Jan 2026New Laund Farmhouse Greenhead Lane Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB12 9DU
Received 22 Jan 2026Sedgeby Solar Farm Little Sessay North Yorkshire
Received 21 Jan 2026Unit 8 Whitewalls Industrial Estate Regent Street Colne Lancashire BB8 8LJ
Received 22 Jan 202656 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7EJ
Received 22 Jan 2026Leeds Road Service Station 112 Leeds Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9TN
Received 22 Jan 202674 Barkerhouse Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9EU
Received 22 Jan 202650 Lomeshaye Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7AR
Received 23 Jan 202610 Noyna View Colne Lancashire BB8 7AU
Received 23 Jan 2026Wind Hill Jinny Lane Roughlee Lancashire BB12 9LL
Received 23 Jan 2026Records 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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