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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
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11,398 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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 MadeNMA/2024/0006
Proposed amendment to elevations to replace 50no. juliet balconies with windows and amend soft and hard landscpaing scheme (Condition 5) to omit 7no. trees and replace an area of grasscrete with tarmacadem (Non-Material Minor Amendment to planning permission FUL/2021/0659)
Land To The West Of Briercliffe Road,Burnley General Hospital,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2PH
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2024/0010
Change of use of dwelling to 5no. 1-bedroom flats.
27 Station Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8EF
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2024/0012
Erection of two blocks containing eight flats and three dwellings (Use Class C3)
Land At Claremont Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0HG
Received Not published - Decision MadeCND/2022/0616
Discharge of Condition 3 of planning permission APP/2011/0497 (relating to the materials)
Development Land At Abel Street, Burnley
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2022/0705
Conversion of farmhouse & former barn to six dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated parking and landscaping
Old Hall Farm,Oswald Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0BX
Received Not published - Decision MadeCND/2023/0128
Proposed Discharge of Condition 10 (Scheme for construction of site access points and off-site works of highway improvement) of planning permission APP/2012/0152 for residential development
Holbeck Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeCND/2023/0143
Discharge of Condition 6 (Secondary Glazing) from LBC/2022/0633.
Old Red Lion Hotel,2 - 4 Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1HH
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0202
Single storey side and rear extension. Resubmission of HOU/2023/0089
38 Millbank Crescent,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2BF
Received Not published - Decision MadePAOR/2023/0204
Prior Approval (Class MA) Use of the Upper Ground, First and Second Floors of office building as 24 apartments
Chaddesley House,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1HW
Received Not published - Decision MadeADV/2023/0206
Display static and internally illuminated fascia sign.
54 Church Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2DL
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0267
Demolition of existing conservatory and detached garage and proposed first floor rear extension and single storey side garage extension, in retrospect. (re-submission of HOU/2022/0117)
2 Sabden Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 9AW
Received Not published - Decision MadeNMA/2023/0533
Proposed minor amendments to elevations and roof of industry hub building (Non-Material Minor Amendment to planning permission FUL/2021/0270)
Land At Stoneyholme Recreation Ground,And Burnley College,Grosvenor Street,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2023/0539
Retention of building for private storage.
Adjacent To Holt Hill Farm, ,Halifax Road, ,Briercliffe, ,Lancashire, ,BB10 3QS
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0613
Proposed bedroom/wet room extension to rear with step lift to front to create level access. Decked area to rear for level garden access.
11 Bowness Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8PA
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0632
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
13 Crow Wood Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0JG
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2023/0634
Change of use of garden land to car storage area with 17 spaces and associated landscaping and wire mesh gates
3 March Street,,Burnley,BB12 0BU
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0639
Two storey rear extension and single storey front and side extension. (Resubmission of HOU/2023/0025)
95 Eastern Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2AU
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0647
Proposed single storey extensions to side and rear elevations.
17 Leamington Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 3HH
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2023/0651
Single storey rear extension.
Waggoners Farm,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 5NS
Received Not published - Decision MadeCND/2023/0286
Application to discharge condition no.5 (details of mortar(s) to be used for repointing) of LBC/2021/0651.
Towneley Hall ,Towneley Park,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3RQ
Received Not published - Decision MadeCEA/2023/0422
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use for the use of an existing residential property (Class C3(a)) as a children's home for two children under Class C2 of the Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended).
347 Briercliffe Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1TX
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2023/0425
Proposed change of use from single dwelling to 6 bedsit HMO with up to 9 occupants (sui generis). Installation of two roof lights, expansion of front window area for lower ground floor, removal of rendering to expose original brickwork.
84 Westgate,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1RY
Received Not published - Decision MadePAG/2023/0430
Agricultural building/lambing shed.
Lymefield House ,Burnley Road,Dunnockshaw,Lancashire,BB11 5PP
Received Not published - Decision MadeTNOT/2023/0473
Install a 10m medium wooden pole
New Road,Habergham Eaves,Walk Mill,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3QR
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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