Hollin Cross Farm, Woodplumpton Road, Burnley, Habergham Eaves, BB11 3RS Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0395 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of part of existing pasture land to form a private, non-commercial horse exercise arena. Ancillary to Hollin Cross Farm, including associated groundworks, drainage, equestrian surfacing and perimeter fencing. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 29 Oct 2026, 01:20

Application progress

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Received

1 Sept 2026

✓

Approved

20 Oct 2026

Approved on 20 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Oct 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 4

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) 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.

Public footpath about 21 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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.

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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £259,500 in June 2023. Detached house, freehold.

13 June 2023£259,500

30 October 2009£410,000

19 November 2004£394,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area279 m² (3,003 sq ft)

Energy ratingE (43 out of 100), could reach C

PropertySemi-detached house, 8 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil

WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2015, 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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Important details

Council: Burnley
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: BB11 3RS
Received: 1 Sept 2026
Validated: 1 Sept 2026
Ward: Coalclough with Deerplay
Parish: Habergham Eaves
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Oct 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 20 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, about the council's usual 52 days. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.

This one49d

Council52d

UK56d

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 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 29 Sept 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

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.