Former 3 Hapton Street, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire BB12 8QS Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0367 - Change of use Approved

Proposal

Change of use to a driveway. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2026
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Validated
5 Sept 2026
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Approved
16 Oct 2026

Approved on 16 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Article 4 direction
Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Padiham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Burnley
Application type
Change of use
Postcode
BB12 8QS
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Sept 2026
Ward
Gawthorpe
Parish
Padiham
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Oct 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 11 days faster than Burnley's median of 52 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
50decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Burnley in the last twelve months, from validation. Burnley decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 17 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Burnley
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#145 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Burnley ranks #113 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Burnley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #148 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #187 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #113 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #149 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
30 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
22 decided
294
Total decisions
36 refused in the year to March 2026