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911 approved · 133 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Beaufort Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BJ
Received 27 Jul 20265 Extwistle Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BN
Received 27 Jul 202642 Farrer Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7BY
Received 27 Jul 2026Copy Nook Farm Old Lane Salterforth Lancashire BB18 5SJ
Received 28 Jul 2026152 Wheatley Lane Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9QG
Received 28 Jul 2026Higher Clough Farm Brown Hill Lane Colne Lancashire BB8 7DT
Received 29 Jul 2026Jimobi Ltd Green Road Colne Lancashire BB8 8AJ
Received 29 Jul 2026Pendle Rise Shopping Centre Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 9SL
Received 30 Jul 2026159 Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire BB9 8BH
Received 30 Jul 2026110 - 112 Gisburn Road Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6EW
Received 30 Jul 20267 Manor Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7AS
Received 31 Jul 2026Land To The North Of Rockwood Halifax Road Nelson Lancashire
Received 31 Jul 2026Craven Lea Noggarth Road Fence Lancashire BB12 9PP
Received 3 Aug 2026Milestone House Barnwood Crescent Earby Lancashire BB18 6PD
Received 3 Aug 2026Harpers House Harpers Lane Fence Lancashire BB12 9PF
Received 3 Aug 2026Land Adjacent Barrowford Locks 46 And 47 Leeds And Liverpool Canal Colne Road Barrowford Lancashire
Received 4 Aug 202611 Shelfield Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 8BY
Received 3 Aug 2026The Trees 79 Walton Lane Nelson Lancashire BB9 8BG
Received 5 Aug 2026Piked Edge Farm Skipton Old Road Colne Lancashire BB8 7EP
Received 6 Aug 20267 Bracewell Close Nelson Lancashire BB9 9RN
Received 10 Aug 202619 Beaufort Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 0BJ
Received 10 Aug 202625 Pasture Lane Barrowford Lancashire BB9 6ES
Received 10 Aug 202611 Wharfedale Avenue Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB10 2LL
Received 10 Aug 2026Drivers Height Well Head Road Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9LP
Received 10 Aug 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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