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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11,398 approved · 1,420 refused · 171 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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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/2024/0576
Crown lift two Sycamore trees and one Oak tree within W1 of the Burnley (Thanet Lee Wood, Cliviger) Tree Preservation Order 1981.
39 Thanet Lee Close,Cliviger,Lancashire,BB10 4TX
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2024/0585
Conversion of 2 existing dwellings to 4 flats with external alterations including staircase from yard to first floor and new doorway at first floor.
7 - 9 Rylands Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 1RG
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2024/0602
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install telecommunication apparatus - 8-10m high wooden/metal telegraph pole.
Church Street (next To Car Park On Boundary Of Dominoes),Burnley,BB11 2DN
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0384
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole 379444 - 432889
Opposite,11 Fennyfold Terrace,St Johns Road,Padiham ,Lancashire,BB12 7BP
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2025/0385
Regulation 5 notification of intention to install electronic communications apparatus for fixed-line broadband services - 1no. 10m wooden telegraph pole 379392 - 432920
To The Left Of The Drive Infront Of ,43 St Johns Road,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 7BN
Received Not published
Decision MadeCND/2025/0399
Discharge of conditions 3 (Drainage details), 4 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 5 (Material Details), and 6 (Landscaping Details) attached to permission FUL/2024/0001.
Caravan,Hameldon Stables,Hameldon Road,Hapton,Lancashire,BB11 5QW
Received Not published
Decision MadeCND/2025/0400
Details required by condition 3 (Details of Replacement Windows) of permission LBC/2024/0293.
72 Manchester Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1HN
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2025/0405
Use of property as show home, use of garage as sales suite, temporary removal of existing stone wall, construction of tarmac car parking area for 4no. vehicles, erection of 1.8m timber close boarded fence, erection of railings and erection of sales sign.
Land West Of Heckenhurst Avenue,Brownside,Burnley
Received Not published
Decision MadeADV/2025/0406
1no. non-illuminated free-standing sign
Land West Of Heckenhurst Avenue,Brownside,Burnley
Received Not published
Decision MadeOUT/2025/0408
Outline permission for 2 four storey blocks of student accommodation comprising of 83 study bedrooms, ancillary communal space and associated works (access, layout and scale applied for with all other matters reserved).
Land Adjacent To (Stanhope Street Garage),Stanhope Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 0EN
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2025/0481
Change of use from ground floor takeaway restaurant and associated first and second floor two bedroom flat, to 3no. one bed flats. 1 flat on each floor. Elevational changes to front and rear elevations
8 Church Street, Padiham, Lancashire, BB12 8HG
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2024/0126
Notification of BT's intention to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (10 metre light wooden pole).
Outside Bistro 197,Towneley Golf Club House,Todmorden Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3ED
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2024/0167
Change of use of sandwich shop (Use Class E) to takeaway/hot food outlet (sui generis)
334 Padiham Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6ST
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2024/0424
Regulation 5 Notice of intention to install 1no. telecommunications cabinet and feeder pillar.
Lune Street,Padiham,Lancashire,BB12 8DG
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2024/0470
Proposed change of use from retail and caf� (Use Class E) and self-contained apartment (Use Class C3) to self-storage use (Use Class B8) including minor alterations.
Oakmount Mill ,Wiseman Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 1RU
Received Not published
Decision MadeTPO/2024/0481
Application to fell 12no. trees covered by The Burnley (Land at Kiddrow Lane) Tree Preservation Order 2020 - (6no. Beech and 1no. Sycamore from TPO Group G1, 2no. Ash from TPO Group G2 and 2no. Beech and 1no. Norway Maple from TPO Group G4)
1 Manders Close,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 6ER
Received Not published
Decision MadeCND/2024/0496
Discharge conditions 4 (ground and finished floor levels), 18 (peat excavation), 25 (septic tanks and filter beds) and 33 (tree and hedge protection) attached to full planning permission reference APP/Z2315/W/23/3325783 / FUL/2022/0149
Hollin Cross Farm ,Woodplumpton Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB11 3RS
Received Not published
Decision MadeVAR/2024/0547
Proposed variation of Conditions 2 and 4 of planning permission HOU/2024/0291 to allow for the external walls to the side elevations to be constructed from artifical stone and amendments to window positions and sizes.
Askrigg House ,334 Briercliffe Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2EZ
Received Not published
Decision MadeTNOT/2024/0550
Regulation 5 Notification of intention to install telecommunication apparatus - 8m metal telegraph pole - AMENDED DESCRIPTION 21.10.2024 - 8-10m high wooden/metal telegraph pole
Moorview Close,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 2HD
Received Not published
Decision MadePAH/2025/0347
Proposed single storey extension to the rear of the property which will extend: 4.00 metres beyond the rear wall; 3.80 metres maximum height; 2.55 metres height to the eaves.
93 Morse Street,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4LS
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2025/0349
Change of use from an agricultural barn to 5no. residential dwellings (Class C3) with partial demolition, internal and external alterations, including increase in ridge height and increase in maximum eaves height, along with associated parking and landscaping.
Butchers Farmhouse Barn,Ormerod Street,Worsthorne-with-hurstwood,Lancashire,BB10 3NU
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2025/0350
Proposed extension of the existing public car park at the Crematorium site.
Crematorium, Accrington Road, Burnley, Lancashire, BB11 5QD
Received Not published
Decision MadeFUL/2025/0353
Change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to a small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4).
11 Lyndhurst Road,Burnley,Lancashire,BB10 4ED
Received Not published
Decision MadeHOU/2025/0360
Proposed two storey rear extension
20 Cotton Row ,Manchester Road,Dunnockshaw,Lancashire,BB11 5NU
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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