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Pendle

In the last 12 months, 83.6% of householder applications were approved in Pendle (128 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eight weeks (median 53 days).

Full planning applications: 85.4% approved (137 decided).

Across all application types on record (1982-08-16–2026-06-18): 87.1% of 2,237 decisions approved.

2,601Total applications
1,949Approved
288Refused
110Withdrawn
70Pending
87.1%Approval rate (all types)
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 660 567 93
85.9%
Full Planning Application 502 416 86
82.9%
Discharge of Conditions 286 277 9
96.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 191 175 16
91.6%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 170 162 8
95.3%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 95 84 11
88.4%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 61 51 10
83.6%
Householder (Prior Approval) 52 49 3
94.2%
Advertisement Consent 45 39 6
86.7%
Permission In Principle 39 23 16
59.0%
Listed Building Consent 37 30 7
81.1%
Prior Approval (Other) 36 34 2
94.4%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 12 1 11
8.3%
Outline Planning 7 5 2
71.4%
Telecommunications 6 4 2
66.7%
Technical Details Consent 6 6 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 5 4 1
80.0%
Circular 14/90 Overhead Electricity Line 5 5 0
100.0%
Prior App Solar Panels on Non-Dom Bdgs 4 4 0
100.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 3 0 3
0.0%
Change of Use 3 3 0
100.0%
Demolition 3 3 0
100.0%
LA Full App - Dev by LA 2 2 0
100.0%
Not Available 1 1 0
100.0%
Hedgerow Removal 1 0 1
0.0%
Historic Application 1 1 0
100.0%
County Consultation to LPA 1 1 0
100.0%
New Dwellings on Commercial Terraces 1 1 0
100.0%
Larger Home Extension Additional Storeys 1 1 0
100.0%
Assets of Community Value 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 162 139
85.8%
2023-Q4 183 155
84.7%
2024-Q1 181 148
81.8%
2024-Q2 156 134
85.9%
2024-Q3 180 153
85.0%
2024-Q4 189 171
90.5%
2025-Q1 168 145
86.3%
2025-Q2 173 158
91.3%
2025-Q3 164 140
85.4%
2025-Q4 203 185
91.1%
2026-Q1 187 160
85.6%
2026-Q2 23 22
95.7%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Boulsworth & Foulridge 335 292 43
87.2%
Barrowford & Pendleside 328 281 47
85.7%
Earby & Coates 269 245 24
91.1%
Whitefield & Walverden 182 144 38
79.1%
Bradley 170 149 21
87.6%
Barnoldswick 169 152 17
89.9%
Brierfield West & Reedley 167 149 18
89.2%
Brierfield East & Clover Hill 133 117 16
88.0%
Marsden & Southfield 128 117 11
91.4%
Waterside & Horsfield 122 98 24
80.3%
Fence & Higham 118 105 13
89.0%
Vivary Bridge 103 88 15
85.4%
Planning guides

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