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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11,398 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 MadePAOR/2020/0340
Prior Approval notification of proposed change of use from Class B1(a) (offices) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to create 3 No flats
12 Hargreaves Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1DZ
Received Not published - Decision MadePAH/2020/0341
Conservatory to rear elevation to extend 4.00m externally beyond the rear wall, height of the extension to eaves is 2.41m and maximum overall height 3.16m
25 Otterburn Grove,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4PX
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0431
Prior notification of proposed change of use of agricultural building to 2no. two-storey dwellings
Lane House Farm,Burnley Road,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4SU
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0460
Notification of intention to prune tree within Palatine Conservation Area
157,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4HT
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0480
Proposed demolition of former weaving shed
Lodge Mill,Barden Lane,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0DY
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0488
Variation of Conditions 3, 4 and 20 (varied to widen the range of goods) that can be sold from the Retail Park. Conditions 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 22 to be removed. Conditions 3, 4 and 20 (to be replaced with a single condition that permits 1162 sq.m gross of the floorspace to sell all Class A1 goods (including convenience foods) and ancillary uses and 5026 sqm to sell all Class A1 goods except food and ancillary uses from Planning Approval 2007/0030.
New Hall Hey Retail Park,New Hall Hey Road,Rawtenstall,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0502
Installation of 1 No 50 KW wind turbine 24.8 m to hub, 36.6 m to blade tip (Resubmission of 11/14/0331)
Duckworth Farm,Duckworth Hill,Oswaldtwistle,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0508
Change of use of offices to residential use
8 12,Mill Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8EX
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0547
Telecommunications base station comprising a 12.5m column, associated antennas, 2no. 300mm diamater dish antennas, 2no. equipment cabinets, 1no. meter pillar and ancillary works
Land At,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2014/0548
Telecommunications base station comprising a 12.5m column, associated antennas, 2no. 300mm diamater dish antennas, 2no. equipment cabinets, 1no. meter pillar and ancillary works
Land At,Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2015/0007
Proposed extension to front of school to provide 3 meeting rooms (LCC/2014/0171)
Padiham County Primary School,Burnley Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8SJ
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2015/0013
Proposed demolition of a pair of semidetached residential properties
185-187,Accrington Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3JU
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2018/0576
Proposed erection of warehouse building and single storey staff cafeteria with associated servicing and landscaping
Calder Vale Park,Simonstone Lane,Simonstone,Lancashire,BB12 7ND
Received Not published - Decision MadeNOT/2018/0580
Notification to prune one Cherry Tree within the Burnley wood Conservation Area
8,Brooklands Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3PR
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2019/0328
Retrospective application for shed, siting of caravan, hardstanding, fencing, gates and decking on allotment site
25 March Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0BU
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2019/0477
Proposed demolition of existing annexe to erect 4 No holiday cottages
Saville Green Farm,Gorple Road,Worsthorne-with-hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3NW
Received Not published - Decision MadeCND/2019/0566
Discharge of condition 5 (archaeological recording) pursuant to planning application APP/2018/0104
Finsley Gate Wharf,Finsley Gate,Burnley,Lancashire
Received Not published - Decision MadeTPO/2020/0212
Application to prune various trees protected by the Burnley (Arbory Drive, Padiham) TPO 1989
Isles House,Arbory Drive,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8JS
Received Not published - Decision MadeTPO/2020/0233
Application to crown reduce six trees protected by the Burnley Brun Valley, Map5 TPO 1974 and within Hurstwood Conservation area
Hurstwood Hall,Hurstwood Village,Worsthorne-with-hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3LG
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2020/0236
Two storey side extension with adjoining garage (amended plans received 2 and 11 September 2020)
117 Wellfield Drive,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0JD
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2020/0273
Proposed single storey extension to side and rear of house
90 Casterton Avenue,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2PD
Received Not published - Decision MadeHOU/2020/0275
Proposed Three Storey Side Extension, Rear Dormer Extension and Internal Alterations
Kenmuir,Burnley Road,Briercliffe,Lancashire,BB10 2JJ
Received Not published - Decision MadeFUL/2019/0362
Proposed erection of garage
Springhill Cottage,112 Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 4HS
Received Not published - Decision MadeTPO/2019/0453
Application to fell one Birch Tree covered by the Burnley (Masonic Hall, Nelson Square) Tree Preservation Order 1975 and within the Canalside Conservation Area
Masonic Hall,Nelson Square,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1LA
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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