16 Station Road, Padiham, BB12 8EB Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0300 - Change of use Refused

Proposal

Proposed Change of Use from Dwelling (Class C3) to Children's Home for up to 3 children/young people (Class C2) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
11 Jul 2026
Refused
24 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 24 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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
Inside the Padiham built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
Change of use
Postcode
BB12 8EB
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
11 Jul 2026
Ward
Gawthorpe
Parish
Padiham
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Sept 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 9 days faster than Burnley's median of 53 for full applications. Refused, as 27% of full applications here are.

73%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
22decided in the last year

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 27 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
11 Aug 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