Land at Burnley College, Princess Way, Burnley, BB12 0AN Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0406 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Erection of a two-storey building comprising educational workshops, classrooms and teaching spaces with staff rooms, ancillary spaces, circulation areas and toilets with external rooftop solar panels, associated hard and soft landscaping works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Dec 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Nov 2026, from Burnley's recent full applications. Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026.

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Documents 49

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Site constraints 3

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Burnley built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 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 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
Full planning permission
Postcode
BB12 0AN
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
17 Sept 2026
Ward
Trinity
Parish
Not within a Parish
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Burnley usually decides full applications by day 54.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
70%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Burnley in the last twelve months, from validation. Burnley decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
16 Oct 2026
Burnley
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#145 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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