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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.
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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 dates14,437Searchable 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11,396 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Apply for planning permissionContact planning Making contact with the planning application team.Local plan Planning Policy and the Local PlanPre-application advice Contacting the planning app team and pre-application adviceConservation areas Adopted Local Plan Conservation AreasArticle 4 directions Article 4 direction areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@burnley.gov.ukCouncil 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/2005/0246
Proposed erection of 15m high column, 3no. antennae and equipment cabinet
Telecoms Mast,Windermere Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0248
Proposed erection of 15m high column, 3no. antennae and equipment cabinet
Telecoms Mast,Windermere Avenue/Colne Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0254
Proposed radio base station to include 15m high lattice tower, supporting 3no. panel antennas and 2no. 300mm dish antennas
Moor Edge Farm,Gorple Road,Worsthorne,Lancashire,BB10 3NN
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0255
Proposed radio base station to include 15m high lattice tower, supporting 3no. panel antennas and 2no. 300mm dish antennas
Moor Edge Farm,Gorple Road,Worsthorne,Lancashire,BB10 3NN
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0257
Erection of a replacement 2.4m high nylofor 3D fencing and access gates to the front elevation of the school
Casterton County Primary School,Thames Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2PZ
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0275
Rooftop telecommunications installation comprising pole mounted antennas, pole mounted diah antennas and rooftop installation of 6no. equipment cabinets plus ancillary safety railings and ladder access
New Hall Works,Elm Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1NY
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0276
Rooftop telecommunications installation comprising pole mounted antennas, pole mounted dish antennas and rooftop installation of 6no. equipment cabinets plus ancillary safety railings and ladder access
New Hall Works,Elm Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1NY
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0285
Demolition of existing retail buildings and redevelopment for a non-food retail development
Asda Site,Bocholt Way,Rawtenstall
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0431
Installation of a 12m high camouflaged pole supporting 3 antennas with a glass reinforced plastic shroud and a single associated equipment cabinet under 2.3 cubic metres in volume
Junction Of,Rossendale Road,Habergham Eaves,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0436
Installation of a 12m high camouflaged pole supporting 3 antennas within a glass reinforced plastic shroud and a single associated equipment cabinet under 2.3 cubic metres in volume
Junction Of Manchester Road,Rossendale Road,Habergham Eaves,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0459
Application to fell two trees and 12% crown lift one tree within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area
40,Stoney Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PT
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2005/0494
Demolition of caretakers lodge to form new staff car parking together with new vehicular & pedestrian access gates fencing & security floodlighting
Heasandford Junior And Infants School,Queen Victoria Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 3BT
Received Not published - Decision MadeENQ/2016/0284
Request for a Screening Opinion for the erection of a 20 mWe Demand Response Station
Workhouse Farm,Blackburn Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeENQ/2016/0288
Proposed development of an electricity peaking plant
Land Off,Bancroft Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2003/1034
Outline application for primary healthcare centre with access off Gorple Street, Briercliffe; including details of siting & means of access with all other matters reserved for future approval
Land To The North Of Junction With Burnley Rd,Briercliffe Road,Burnley
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2003/1044
Application to fell two trees; reduce height of fir trees and pruning of dead branches on other mature trees within the Burnley Wood conservation Area
226 Rose Cottage,Todmorden Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3EZ
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2003/1068
Installation of 2.4m high securifor 3D security fencing to the school boundary together with the provision of 1m high cranked fence to top of existing stone wall
Taywood Nursery School,Tay Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4BU
Received Not published - Decision MadeENQ/2015/0100
Erection of new manufacturing facility together with associated car parking approx. 15000sq ft.
Elite 04,Land Off Bancroft Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2007/0184
Erection of 1050 place secondary school and 90 place school for pupils with generic learning difficulties with associated community use, formation of all weather pitch with six 15m high floodlights and 3m high ball stop fencing, multi use games areas, laying out and remodelling of ground to form sports pitches including football & cricket, erection of 2.4m high perimeter fencing, creation of new vehicular and pedestrian accesses and modification of existing vehicle access all off Eastern Avenue, new internal roads, turning and parking areas, landscaping and habitat creation and demolition of existing school
Sir John Thursby Community College,Eastern Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2AT
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2003/1116
New 2.4m high security fencing to boundaries of individual schools including provision of bin store to Calder View and alterations to bus parking bays to Calder View and Westway
Stoneyholme Primary & Nursery School & Calder View & Westway Special School,March Street,Burnley
Received Not published - Decision MadeENQ/2013/0200
Erection of toilet building in connection with Burnley Golf Club
Higher Small Hazels,Woodplumpton Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3RS
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2004/0903
Proposed single storey extension to form an additional classroom, new entrance/cloaks facility and wc areas
Whittlefield County Primary School,Tabor Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0HL
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2004/0926
Proposed erection of steel portal frame building
Cant Clough Farm,Hurstwood Lane,Worsthorne-With-Hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3LJ
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2004/0967
Installation of 2.4 metre high securifor 3D security fencing and access gates together with relocation of existing pallisade fencing to the rear of the school site
Gawthorpe High School,Burnley Road,Padiham
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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