1 Bloomfield Bungalow, Halifax Road, Briercliffe, BB10 3RB Data via plota.co.uk

PAR/2025/0674 - Prior approval Part 3 Class Q Approved

Proposal

Request as to whether prior approval is required for the conversion of an agricultural building to a residential dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

22 Dec 2025

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Validated

23 Dec 2025

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Approved

11 Feb 2026

Approved on 11 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 18

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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 Enhancement Zone 1

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

Scheduled monument about 120 m away: Burwains Camp prehistoric defended settlement west of Broad Bank Hill

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

Building

Floor area70 m² (753 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (38 out of 100), could reach A

PropertySemi-detached bungalow, 4 habitable rooms

Built1930 to 1949

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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3 Aug 2026Approved

2 HILL END HOUSE, HALIFAX ROAD, BRIERCLIFFE, BB10 3QL

Proposal to change the existing windows.

PA/2026/0350

Important details

Council: Burnley
Application type: Prior approval Part 3 Class Q
Postcode: BB10 3RB
Received: 22 Dec 2025
Validated: 23 Dec 2025
Ward: Briercliffe
Parish: Briercliffe
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 17 Feb 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 11 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 9 days slower than Burnley's median of 41 for prior approvals. Approved, as 87% of prior approvals here are.

This one50d

Council41d

UK33d

96%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

25decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 17 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

Broad Bank Hill Barn Halifax Road Briercliffe Lancashire BB10 3RB

Proposed orangery

APP/2019/0136 1 Jan 2001

2019 Approved

Broad Bank Hill Barn Halifax Road Briercliffe Lancashire BB10 3RB

Proposed orangery

APP/2019/0136 1 Jan 2001

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

1 Bloomfield Bungalow, Halifax Road, Briercliffe, BB10 3RB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 5

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 2