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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Highgate Nelson Lancashire BB9 0DU
Received 5 Feb 2026Development Site To The West Of Meadow Way Skipton Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 6 Feb 202639 Lomeshaye Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7AS
Received 6 Feb 2026Dotcliffe Yard Dotcliffe Road Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6TN
Received 6 Feb 20265 Moorland Close Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6BG
Received 6 Feb 2026Grey Court Reedley Drive Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB10 2QZ
Received 9 Feb 202628 Avon Drive Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6ET
Received 9 Feb 2026Higher Wanless Farm Red Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7JP
Received 9 Feb 202626 Judge Fields Colne Lancashire BB8 9RX
Received 9 Feb 2026Moorview Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7HR
Received 10 Feb 2026Meadow View Burnley Road Trawden Lancashire BB8 8PN
Received 10 Feb 20264 Moorland View Nelson Lancashire BB9 0UB
Received 11 Feb 202688 Higham Hall Road Higham Lancashire BB12 9EY
Received 11 Feb 2026Development Site To The North East Of Saint Thomas Church Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 11 Feb 20261 Barleydale Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6AD
Received 11 Feb 2026Swanfield Barn Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0TN
Received 11 Feb 202630 Rowland Avenue Nelson Lancashire BB9 9NG
Received 11 Feb 2026Slate Age (fence) Ltd Fencegate Fence Lancashire BB12 9EG
Received 12 Feb 2026133 - 135 Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6EP
Received 12 Feb 2026Office Trafalgar House Booth Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7PX
Received 13 Feb 2026Land To The North East Of Laneside Farm Brogden Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 13 Feb 20268 Malham View Close Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5SX
Received 13 Feb 2026Higher Fencegate Farm Croft Top Lane Higham Lancashire BB12 9LY
Received 13 Feb 2026Land To The South Of Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 16 Feb 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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