Land at Balderstone Lane, Burnley, BB10 2TS Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0263 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Retrospective Application for 2no. Additional Battery Energy Storage Units and 1no. Additional Inverter Station Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
19 Jun 2026
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Validated
20 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 15 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 21 Sept 2026; it is now day 111.

The consultation period closed on 21 Sept 2026.

Going to planning committee

Thursday 15 October, 6.30pm

Development Control Committee

Burnley Town Hall

Item 6b on the agenda

The committee will decide this application in public. Most councils let objectors, supporters and the applicant speak if they register in advance, each by its own deadline.

Source: Burnley's committee agenda. The council can change the date or the agenda up to the meeting.

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Burnley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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, 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
BB10 2TS
Received
19 Jun 2026
Validated
20 Jun 2026
Ward
Briercliffe
Parish
Briercliffe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
15 Aug 2026
Decision level
Development Control Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tom Baguley

Decision outlook

Day 111, past the statutory target. 91% of full applications in Burnley are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 11155 days past 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 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
21 Sept 2026
Committee
15 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