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Burnley planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Burnley Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Burnley website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

14,437Searchable applications

104Recorded as pending

89%Approval rate · 12,816 approved or refused records

1,420Refused applications

11,396 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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.

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 MadeNOT/2009/0008
Installation of a 12m high slimline streetworks monopole supporting 3no shrouded antennas together with 1no equipment cabinet and 1no meter cabinet
Forecourt Phoenix Works Engineering Summit Works,Manchester Road,Lancashire,BB11 5NS
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0023
Discharge of conditions 9, 10, 12, 15, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 26, wheel cleaning, badger and bat survey, dust mitigation, 5m strip of land contamination study and landscaping on application NOT/2007/1134
Hapton Valley Colliery Site,Accrington Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5QH
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0036
Proposed agricultural building for the storage of fodder
Butchers Farm,Ormerod Street,Worsthorne-With-Hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3NU
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0130
Proposed new agricultural building for storage of tractor, machinery, hay and straw.
Cornfield Farm,Cornfield Grove,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 8UB
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0150
Erect single storey extension to side and raised decking area to rear
18,Healdwood Drive,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 OEA
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0161
Remove one Leylandii tree, and prune one apple, one lilac tree within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area.
9,Brooklands Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PR
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0173
Provision of a 2.4m high security weld mesh fence & 2.4m railings to the peremeter of the school. Provision of 2.4m high bin store.
Brunshaw County Primary School,Morse Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4PB
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0179
Notification of intention to fell 10no. trees and prune 7no. trees within Burnley Wood Conservation Area
226 Rose Cottage,Todmorden Road,Lancashire,BB11 3EZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2009/0184
Installation of a 10metre high streetworks monopole supporting 3no. shrouded antennas; 1no. 300mm dish together with ground based equipment apparatus
Land At,Rimington Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2012/0502
Construction of 5no Wind Turbines of a maximum height of 125m to blade-tip and associated infrastructure, including 85 m high metrological mast, switch gear/ control building, crane hardstading and access track extending from Bacup Road Todmorden
Land South West Of Gorpley Resvior,Bacup Road,Todmorden,Caldervale
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0090
Development of wind farm comprising 7 wind turbines, one temporary anemometery mast, one permanent anemometery mast, electrical switching building, access track and associated development
Land At,Huddersfield Road,Oldham
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0102
Erection of single storey extension to provide a learning support facility
Rosegrove County Primary School,Owen Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6BW
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2005/1100
Proposed agricultural barn
Middle Pasture Farm,Foxstones Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4RS
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0254
Proposed covered muck midden
High Whittaker Farm,Barrowford Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8TZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0307
Application to fell two conifer trees within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area
37,Brooklands Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PR
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0308
Erection of 2no. single storey extensions to provide additional teaching area and ancillary office accommodation
St John The Baptist R C School,St Johns Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 7BN
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0319
Application to fell 4 trees and crowning of two trees within Burnley Wood Conservation Area
Burnside,Brooklands Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PS
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0347
Application to prune cherry blossom tree within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area
8,Brooklands Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PR
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0418
Creation of additional car parking facilities incorporating security lighting and provision of an external equipment store
Springfield Community Primary School,Oxford Road,Burnley
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0451
Residential development of 22 dwellings
Land Adjacent Roebuck Inn,Burnley Road,Todmorden
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0479
Provision of 2.4m high security fencing to part of school boundary
Casterton County Primary School,Thames Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2PZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/0544
Provision of 2.4 metre high security fencing to part of the school site
Padiham County Primary School,Burnley Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8SJ
Received Not published
Decision MadeENQ/2017/0346
Upgrade to existing telecommunication apparatus. Existing antennas on proposed clamiinng bands structure support fixed to chimney. Top of antennas 21.0m AGL. Proposed additional 0.3 dish at 21.0m AGL
Susan Mill,Junction Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0NX
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2004/1121
Application to prune two branches of a copper beech tree within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area
31,Brooklands Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PR
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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