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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11,398 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadeTPO/2024/0485
The pruning of one Sycamore tree (T6) protected by the Burnley (St Mark's Vicarage, Rossendale Road) Tree Preservation Order 1994.
St Marks Vicarage ,9 Rossendale Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 5DQ
Received Not published
Decision MadeNMA/2025/0012
Proposed non-material amendment of planning permission APP/2011/0497 to allow relocation of driveway of plot no.16.
Land At Abel Street And Barden Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1QD
Received Not published
Decision MadeCEA/2025/0020
3m rear extension
347 Briercliffe Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1TX
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2025/0025
Proposed single storey side extension with access ramp and level access from front elevation, wind turbine and raised balcony to rear
26 North Street,Briercliffe,Lancashire,BB10 2JL
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0032
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus - 1no. new 10m light pole
Junction Of Parish And Church Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8HG
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0036
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus - 1no. new 10m light pole Reference Burnley/5/TP/163/1
Opposite 30 Westgate,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1RT
Received Not published
Decision MadeCEU/2025/0046
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the continued use of the property as a 4 bedroom C4 HMO
43 Coal Clough Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4NS
Received Not published
Decision MadeCNA/2025/0053
Environmental Impact Assessement (EIA) Scoping Opinion for Proposed Wind Farm
Scout Moor,Gincroft Lane,Edenfield,Bury,Lancashire
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2024/0355
Proposed step lift installation and associated building works
33 Wellfield Drive,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0HZ
Received Not published
Decision MadePAH/2024/0392
Single storey rear extension which will extend: 5.7 metres beyond the rear wall; 2.465 metres maximum height; 2.465 metres height to the eaves.
224 Briercliffe Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2NZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2024/0468
Single storey rear extension.
19 Bouldsworth Road,Worsthorne-with-hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3JT
Received Not published
Decision MadeCEU/2025/0220
Existing use as student accommodation (sui generis)
Sparrow Hawk Hotel ,63 Church Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 2DN
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0222
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole
9 Greenbrook Close,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6PE
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0223
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole
Side Of 20 And Next To 1 Greenbrook Close,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6PE
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0224
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole
270 Lowerhouse Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6NG
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0226
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole
Between 6 And 8 Greenbrook Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6NZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0227
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole
30 Greenbrook Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6PD
Received Not published
Decision MadeTPO/2024/0494
Application to remove one oak tree (T19) protected by the Burnley (Slade Lane, Padiham) Tree Preservation Order 1984.
40 Slade Lane,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 9AA
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2024/0512
Regulation 5 Notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus - installation of 3no. replacement ERS at existing lattice mast and ancillary development thereto.
Burnley AMTE,Brown Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1PW
Received Not published
Decision MadeCND/2024/0513
Submission of details in relation to condition 1 of Appeal A Ref: APP/Z2315/C/23/3319418 against enforcement notice reference 2022/0004/ENF.
Land At Walton Copy Farm,Burnley Road,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4TA
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2024/0663
Single storey rear extension and internal alterations
19 St Leonards Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8HS
Received Not published
Decision MadeCOU/2024/0669
Change of use from a C3 dwellinghouse to a C2 residential institution.
109 Basnett Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 3ES
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2024/0093
Two storey and single storey side extension with alterations to drive.
8 Old Hall Square,Worsthorne-with-hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3NS
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2024/0142
Proposed installation of fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus under Regulation 5 - 1no. 10m wooden pole.
Mount Zion Methodist Church Walk Mill,Burnley Road,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4SN
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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