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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11,378 approved · 1,419 refused · 169 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18,Town Hill Bank,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8DH
Received Not publishedCalico Housing Centenary Court,Croft Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2ED
Received Not published4,Loxley Gardens,BB12 6PW
Received Not publishedStoneyholme County Primary School,Oswald Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0DA
Received Not publishedLand Rear,Lowerhouse Lane,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not publishedOld Magneto Works 6,North Street,Hapton,Lancashire,BB12 7LD
Received Not published66,Printers Fold,Burnley,BB12 6PG
Received Not published1,Thornton Road,Worsthorne-With-Hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 4HQ
Received Not published78 Whalley Range,Church Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8JH
Received Not published13,Rosegrove Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6HX
Received Not published2 4 Barley Top,Hameldon Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5QP
Received Not published110 Grey Mare Inn,Gannow Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6QD
Received Not published523,Red Lees Road,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4TD
Received Not publishedShuttleworth House Farm,Scarth Lane,Hapton,Lancashire,BB12 7LN
Received Not publishedSunbrella Travels Throstle Mill,Daneshouse Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1AG
Received Not published25,South Drive,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8SH
Received Not publishedLand At,Clough Street/ 157A Accrington Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published12,Bronte Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 3HY
Received Not published6-8,Hammerton Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1NA
Received Not publishedLand At,Abel Street & Hurtley Street,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not publishedOsbourne Grove 367,Colne Road,Burnley,BB10 2LB
Received Not publishedLand At,Rectory Rd, Holme Rd & Grosvenor St,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published6,Kestrel Court,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5NA
Received Not publishedRockwood Nursery School,Kingsland Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PU
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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