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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Church Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0EB
Received 16 Feb 20263 Church Street Colne Lancashire BB8 0EB
Received 16 Feb 2026Junction 13 Service Station Westfield Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YN
Received 16 Feb 2026Junction 13 Service Station Westfield Nelson Lancashire BB9 7YN
Received 16 Feb 2026Northlight Pendle Northlight Parade Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5EG
Received 17 Feb 2026Sabden Great Hall Sabden Fold Higham Lancashire BB12 9LS
Received 17 Feb 202625 St Annes Drive Fence Lancashire BB12 9DY
Received 17 Feb 202688 Rainhall Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 6AB
Received 18 Feb 2026Land To The East Of Chantelle Lighting Lomeshaye Way Nelson Lancashire
Received 18 Feb 2026Trawden County Primary School Dean Street Trawden Lancashire BB8 8RN
Received 18 Feb 2026Land To The South East Of 26 To 28 Barnwood Road Earby Lancashire
Received 18 Feb 2026Field 5186 Jinny Lane Roughlee Lancashire
Received 19 Feb 2026St Georges Social Centre Vaughan Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0JS
Received 20 Feb 2026Whitehough Outdoor Centre Barley New Road Barley Lancashire BB12 9LF
Received 20 Feb 202634 Ringstone Crescent Nelson Lancashire BB9 9NE
Received 20 Feb 202619 Applegarth Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6RR
Received 20 Feb 202632 Town House Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9LL
Received 23 Feb 202640 Floats Mill Trawden Lancashire BB8 8TJ
Received 23 Feb 20268 Gawthorpe View Higham Lancashire BB12 9HB
Received 24 Feb 202690 Castle Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7DS
Received 25 Feb 2026388 Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire BB9 6LS
Received 26 Feb 202612 Commercial Street Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5HH
Received 26 Feb 20261 Carr Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5LT
Received 26 Feb 2026First Garage To The South West Of 9 Brogden Street Garage Site Edith Street Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 26 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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