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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Parrock Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6QF
Received 31 Mar 2026Craigmore Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7HF
Received 31 Mar 2026Stone House Dean Street Trawden Lancashire BB8 8RN
Received 31 Mar 20269A Harpers Lane Fence Lancashire BB12 9PD
Received 1 Apr 2026Site Of Former Riverside Mill And Land Bordering With Charles Street And Baker Street Reedyford Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 1 Apr 2026Land To The North Of Pendle Hall Farm Grove Lane Higham Lancashire
Received 1 Apr 2026117 Keighley Road Colne Lancashire BB8 0QG
Received 1 Apr 2026Cemetery Lodge Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire BB9 8HU
Received 1 Apr 2026Cemetery Lodge Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire BB9 8HU
Received 2 Apr 202628 Hawarden Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0SF
Received 2 Apr 20265 Bent Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7AA
Received 3 Apr 20266 Anderton Road Higham Lancashire BB12 9BH
Received 3 Apr 202612 Victoria Gardens Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6DN
Received 4 Apr 2026Former Car Park Of The New Inn Skipton Old Road Foulridge Lancashire
Received 7 Apr 2026Gisburn Road Nursery Gisburn Road Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5NQ
Received 7 Apr 2026Development Site At Former Brook Shed New Road Earby Lancashire
Received 8 Apr 2026Development Site At Former Barnsey Shed Long Ing Lane Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 9 Apr 2026Land To The North West Of Letcliffe House Manchester Road Barnoldswick Lancashire
Received 10 Apr 202617 Newport Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7RW
Received 13 Apr 2026Land To The North East Of Sunnyside Farm Crowtrees Roughlee Lancashire
Received 13 Apr 2026Land And Buildings To The South Of 13 To 15 Clifton Street Trawden Lancashire
Received 14 Apr 2026Cherry Tree Farm Barrowford Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9QQ
Received 14 Apr 2026Former E L E Advanced Technologies Ltd Cotton Tree Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7BX
Received 15 Apr 20267 Hallwood Close Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB10 2LQ
Received 15 Apr 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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