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Burnley Borough Council
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Burnley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

14,430Searchable applications

102Recorded as pending

89%Approval rate · 12,802 approved or refused records

1,419Refused applications

11,383 approved · 1,419 refused · 170 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Apply for planning permission Contact planning Making contact with the planning application team.Local plan Planning Policy and the Local Plan Pre-application advice Contacting the planning app team and pre-application advice Conservation areas Adopted Local Plan Conservation Areas Article 4 directions Article 4 direction areas

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesplanning@burnley.gov.uk Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas10 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas12 mapped area records9 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

Decision MadeAPP/2013/0413
Change of use to D2 (1st & 2nd floors)
104,St Jamess Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1NL
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0416
Change of use from Use Class B2 to A2, B1 and D1 including proposed extensions to Sandygate Mill, Sandygate Mill Weaving Shed and Sandygate Engine House; erection of car park in Sandygate Mill Weaving Shed; reinstatement of the external elevations of the existing Waterloo Hotel; demolition of Trafalgar House and Waterloo Works and 1 bay of Sandygate Mill Weaving Shed with associated landscaping and servicing. [Variation (by substitution of drawings and details required by condition) of planning permission originally granted under reference APP/2012/0505].
Land And Buildings Off Trafalgar Street/Sandygate,,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0417
Proposed extensions and alterations
7,Pennine Grove,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 9AB
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0462
Application to crown lift and prune two Sycamore trees at the front of the house, prune one Lime tree away from the house and fell one Lime tree covered by the Burnley (17 / 19 Palatine Square) Tree Preservation Order 2011.
17 19,Palatine Square,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4JF
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0463
Amendments to the: stair escape design; demolition of the porch at the Trafalgar Street elevation; reinstatement of original window openings; timber plank panel treatments at Water Tower doorways; and former openings at Spinning Mill made good with new timber panels (in reference to Planning Permission APP/2012/0134 and Listed Building Consent APP/2012/0135).
Victoria Mill,Trafalgar Street / Wiseman Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1RQ
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0464
Retention of the following works: (being amended details of the Listed Building Consent APP/2012/0135) Provision of external stair escape; demolition of the porch at the Trafalgar Street elevation; reinstatement of original window openings; and timber plank panel treatments at former doorways / openings.
Victoria Mill,Trafalgar Street / Wiseman Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1RQ
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0465
Proposed change of use from retail shop/ trade warehouse to youth activity centre
Wesylan House,Clough Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4BG
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0483
Display of 1 Fascia Sign and 7 hoarding signs, hoarding sign number 4 externally illuminated.
Meadowbank Centre,Whittam Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1LW
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0485
Application to carry out various works to Trees covered by the Burnley (Fish Pond Plantation / Royd Wood, Cliviger, Burnley) Tree Preservation Order 1985.
Land Adjacent To Holme Tunnel (Royd Wood),Off Burnley Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0486
Proposed single storey extension to rear
36,Mitella Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4EN
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0487
Proposed single storey extensions to side and rear
16,Bentham Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1XZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0488
Display of 3no. illuminated and non-illuminated fascia signs
Lookers Garage,Accrington Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4AS
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0489
Display of 5 no. internally illuminated and 1no. non-illuminated fascia signs; 2 no. internally illuminated projection signs and blank fascia panels.
104,St Jamess Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1NL
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0490
Proposed conversion of existing 2 storey mill to form 10 apartments and development of 13no. new build dwellings
Portsmouth Mill,Burnley Road,Todmorden,Lancashire,OL14 7EZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0469
Proposed cantilevered steel balcony and smoking shelter
The Kestrel,Cow Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1NN
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0470
Retention of change of use of land to residential curtilage
14,Hordley Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6JE
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0471
Alterations to main entrance including the construction of an open canopy
Life Church,Sycamore Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6QP
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0472
Removal of Condition 1 of planning permission APP/2013/0162 relating to the retention of porta-cabin in its present form (pursuant to planning permission APP/2012/0177).
Land On,Trafalgar Street,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0473
Amendments to incorporate 4no. Conservation rooflights in the rear (South East facing) elevation (in reference to planning permission APP/2013/0017)
Land Adjacent To The Hollins Hollins Cottage,Red Lees Road,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4RB
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0474
Discharge of conditions 11 (turbine finish) and 14 (traffic management plan) of planning permission APP/2009/0758; and, condition 3 (traffic management) of planning permission APP/2012/0318
Coal Clough Windfarm,The Long Causeway,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0475
Change of use and extension of former water pumping station to create 1 dwelling (re-submission of APP/2013/0337)
Jockey Springs,Ridehalgh Lane,Burnley
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0476
Proposed erection of 2no. split level bunaglows
Hapton Boatyard,Simpson Street,Hapton,Lancashire,BB12 7LJ
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0478
Proposed single storey extension to rear
26,Cobden Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8DS
Received Not published
Decision MadeAPP/2013/0479
Erection of climbing frame on proposed new play area
Bowling Green,Ruskin Grove,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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