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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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Crawford Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7QS
Received 7 May 20267 Taylor Street Barnoldswick Lancashire BB18 5HS
Received 7 May 202697 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7HB
Received 8 May 20262 Place De Creil Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9AN
Received 8 May 20262 Place De Creil Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9AN
Received 8 May 202645 Railway Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9SG
Received 8 May 2026Meadow Bank Barley Lane Barley Lancashire BB12 9LB
Received 8 May 2026Jami Masjid Muhammad Sarfraz 4 - 8 Forest Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7NB
Received 8 May 2026110 - 112 Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6EW
Received 8 May 2026Land To The South Of Chamber Hil Farm Clitheroe Road Brierfield Lancashire
Received 8 May 2026Doughty Farm Back Lane Southfield Lancashire BB10 3RG
Received 11 May 2026104B Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6EW
Received 11 May 20269 Woodbury Avenue Fence Lancashire BB12 9EH
Received 11 May 2026Ivy Dene Emmott Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7JE
Received 12 May 2026Site For Proposed Agricultural Building To The North East Of Montford Hall Cuckstool Lane Fence Lancashire
Received 12 May 202610 Clitheroe Road Brierfield Lancashire BB9 5PX
Received 12 May 2026Remains Of Dotcliffe Mill Dotcliffe Road Kelbrook Lancashire
Received 13 May 2026Hague House Cottage Old Stone Trough Lane Kelbrook Lancashire BB18 6LW
Received 13 May 2026Blacko Primary School Gisburn Road Blacko Lancashire BB9 6LS
Received 13 May 2026Development Site At Former Brook Shed New Road Earby Lancashire
Received 14 May 2026Sherwood Fold Lenches Fold Colne Lancashire BB8 8HT
Received 14 May 2026Catlow Farmhouse Southfield Lane Southfield Lancashire BB10 3RN
Received 14 May 202658 Carr Hall Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6PY
Received 14 May 2026Development Site At Former 1 To 33 O'hagan Court Brierfield Lancashire
Received 15 May 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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