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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

101Recorded as pending

89%Approval rate · 12,818 approved or refused records

1,420Refused applications

11,398 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2019/0107
Application to fell 4 Trees within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area
15,Kingsland Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PU
Received Not published
Decision MadeSX3/2005/0615
northgate test gis application
Long Syke Farm Bungalow,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 5NR
Received Not published
Decision MadeSX3/2007/0387
sdt
48,Yorkshire Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3BN
Received Not published
Decision MadeSX3/2007/0566
Proposal Description :- Proposed summer house Building or other operations :- Change of Use :-
Delph House,Deer Park Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4SD
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2019/0480
Proposed two storey side extension : single storey rear extension and create new drive area.
17 Old Hall Square,Worsthorne-with-hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3NS
Received Not published
Decision MadeCEU/2019/0649
Change of use for the ground floor and first floor to be classed as one dwelling
The Kestrels,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 5NT
Received Not published
Decision MadeCND/2020/0133
Discharge of condition 3 (surface water drainage system scheme); 5 (sustainable drainage scheme maintenance and management plan); 8 (land remediation: cover system and ground gas monitoring); 10 (land remediation and maintenance scheme); 11 (archaeological recording); 12 (archaeological record); 16 (S278 off site highways work); and 19 (travel plan) of planning application APP/2019/0001, relating to mixed use building to provide student accommodation)
Sandygate Square, ,Sandygate,Burnley
Received Not published
Decision MadeCND/2020/0145
Discharge of Conditions 3,4,6,10,16,18,19,21,22 and 23 of permission reference APP/2016/0263 for wind turbines
Land To The South And South East Of Hameldon Hill Wind Farm ,On Land South Of New Barn Farm,Burnley,Billington Road, Hapton,BB11 5QQ
Received Not published
Decision MadePAH/2020/0148
Rear single storey kitchen extension with wet room to extend 4.923m externally beyond the rear wall, height of the extension to eaves is 2.600m and maximum overall height 3.547m
88 Cleaver Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 3BT
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2007/1056
To fell one ornamental weeping cherry tree within the Burnley Wood Conservation Area
37,Woodgrove Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3EL
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2007/1084
Restoration of moorland (including disused quarry) using compost materials
Sharneyford Works / Clough Head Quarry,Todmorden,OL14 7JU
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2007/1110
Proposed single storey extension to front elevation of existing building to form new office and secure lobby/disabled access
Hapton C Of E Methodist Primary School,Manchester Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5RF
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2007/1134
Extension to existing waste transfer and treatment building and realignment of access road; proposed introduction of a concrete crushing operation and the levelling of land for the parking of trailers
Hapton Valley Colliery Site,Accrington Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5QG
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2007/1166
Variation of condition 2 to planning permission 12/06/0354 for amendments to the approved elevations and roof plan of the school building to include an increase in height to the stair tower, a new atrium and associated, louvers and the provision of roof ventilation plant and equipment
Gawthorpe County High School,Burnley Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8ST
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2008/0027
Determination of prior approval - Proposed installation of a telecommunications base station consisting of the erection of a 15m high column; 3 antennas; an equipment cabinet and development ancillary thereto
Greenbrook Works,Lowerhouse Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6ND
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2008/0029
Application for prior approval - proposed installation of a telecommunications base station consisting of the erection of a 15 metre high column; 3 antennas; an equipment cabinet and development ancillary thereto
Greenbrook Works,Lowerhouse Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6ND
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2008/0032
Erection of a steel portal frame agricultural building
Lane House Farm,Nelson Road,Briercliffe,Lancashire,BB10 3QE
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2008/0047
erection of 2metre & 2.5metre replacement fencing.
Swindon Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4PF
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2011/0307
Installation of a 15m high slimline monopole mast with 1no. equipment cabinet and development ancillary thereto
Monopole Mast At,Rimington Avenue,Burnley
Received Not published
Decision MadeNOT/2011/0312
Application to fell apple tree and remove (Malus) tree within the Palatine Conservation Area Burnley.
19,Carlton Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4JE
Received Not published
Decision MadeCOU/2019/0219
Proposed retention and part change of use A1 and A2. Single storey side side and rear extension with new roof. Resubmission of APP/2018/0314
Vale Garage,143 Colne Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1EZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2019/0220
Proposed erection of an outbuilding
50 Clockhouse Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2SU
Received Not published
Decision MadeNMA/2019/0416
APP/2016/0058 Proposed change of use from shop/dwelling to treatment/consulting rooms (D1)
78 Coal Clough Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4NW
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2020/0105
Demolition of stables and erection of 1 no. self-build dwelling (resubmission of planning application ref: FUL/2019/0372)
2-4 Barley Top,Hameldon Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5QP
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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