Cornfield Farm, Cornfield Grove, Ightenhill, Burnley , BB12 8UB Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0409 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use of 2 no. agricultural buildings to a mixed use for agriculture and for holding temporary events (Sui Generis) and retention of solar panels on the rear elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 16:39

Application progress

✓

Received

4 Sept 2026

✓

Validated

11 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 6 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Nov 2026, from Burnley's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 14 Oct 2026

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Documents 14

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 48 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 8UB
Received: 4 Sept 2026
Validated: 11 Sept 2026
Ward: Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Parish: Ightenhill
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 28 of the 56-day target. Burnley usually decides changes of use by day 52.

prediction

Day 2828 days to the 56-day target

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 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 14 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Cornfield Farm,Cornfield Grove,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 8UB

Erection of agricultural building

PAG/2022/0589 29 Nov 2022

2022 Approved

Cornfield Farm,Cornfield Grove,Burnley,Lancashire,BB12 8UB

Erection of agricultural building

PAG/2022/0589 29 Nov 2022

2021 Approved

Cornfield Farm Cornfield Grove Burnley Lancashire BB12 8UB

Construction of new building over existing muck midden

PAG/2021/0678 10 Jan 2022

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