Land at, Farrington Court, Burnley, BB11 5SS Data via plota.co.uk

NOT/2026/0337 - Prior approval Part 16 Class A Approved

Proposal

Remove existing 15m monopole supporting 4no. antennas and replace with 17.5m monopole supporting 6no. antennas, install 0.3m dish, remove 3no. existing equipment cabinets and replace with 1no. equipment cabinet, with associated ancillary development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

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
Prior approval Part 16 Class A
Postcode
BB11 5SS
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Coalclough with Deerplay
Parish
Habergham Eaves
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Catherine Morris

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, 14 days slower than Burnley's median of 41 for prior approvals. Approved, as 87% of prior approvals here are.

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 18 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Aug 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