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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 Burnley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,378 approved · 1,419 refused · 169 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88,Lancaster Drive,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 7DU
Received Not publishedSt Andrews Church,Colne Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published64,Westgate,Lancashire,BB11 1RY
Received Not published3,Talbot Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2RZ
Received Not publishedCoaching House,Glen View Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2QS
Received Not published2,Leaverholme Close,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4TT
Received Not published84,Rosehill Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2QX
Received Not publishedCaldervale Guest House 2-6,Holme Road,Lancashire,BB12 0BJ
Received Not published4,Salus Street,Burnley,BB10 3HW
Received Not publishedPlot 1 & 2,Moorview Close,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not publishedCraven Heifer 376,Briercliffe Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2HA
Received Not publishedAccess Road To Castle Storage,Off Manchester Road,Hapton
Received Not published6,Copperfield Close,Worsthorne-With-Hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3RT
Received Not published27,Hollin Hill,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2RL
Received Not published1,Borrowdale Close,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2QN
Received Not publishedJubilee Mill ( Progress Mill),Shakespeare Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 7ER
Received Not publishedJubilee Mill ( Progress Mill),Shakespeare Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 7ER
Received Not published484,Brunshaw Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 3JB
Received Not publishedBroad Bank Hill Cottage,Halifax Road,Briercliffe,Lancashire,BB10 3RB
Received Not published55,Rossendale Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 5DQ
Received Not published39,Red Lees Avenue,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4JE
Received Not published56,Hufling Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3QH
Received Not published153,Manchester Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5RA
Received Not published2,Bouldsworth Road,Worsthorne -With-Hurstwood,BB10 3JT
Received Not publishedRecords 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 Burnley 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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