Former Padiham County Primary School ,Burnley Road,Padiham,BB12 8SJ Data via plota.co.uk

VAR/2025/0488 - Removal/variation of conditions Approved

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (approved drawing schedule), 3 (Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Method Statement), 4 (method statement for protecting boundary wall), 5 (site access and off-site highway works), 6 (estate roads), 7 (Construction Management Plan), 8 (Construction Surface Water Management Plan), 9 (surface water drainage strategy), 10 (foul water drainage scheme), 11 (finished floor levels), 12 (materials and details), 13 (landscape design), 14 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan), 15 (boundary wall repairs), 16 (boundary treatment), 17 (estate road maintenance), 18 (bin storage), 19 (surface water operation and maintenance) and 28 (parking plan) of planning permission . Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 18 Oct 2026, 06:34

Application progress

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Received

20 Aug 2025

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Approved

12 Nov 2025

Approved on 12 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 52

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT Report · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 16

Plans & drawings 18

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 11

PDF GMEU RESPONSE - REDACTED Consultee Response · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF UNITED UTILITIES RESPONSE Consultee Response · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EMAIL ADDITIONAL COMMENTS REC1609 Consultee Comment · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF LLFA RESPONSE REC1609 Consultee Comment · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS RESPONSE REC0909 Consultee Comment · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF STANDARD CONSULTATION Consultation · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF STANDARD CONSULTATION Consultation · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF PARISH COUNCIL CONSULTATION Consultation · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR CONSULTATION Consultation · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF WARD COUNCILLOR CONSULTATION Consultation · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF STANDARD CONSULTATION Consultation · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 8

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

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.

Registered park or garden about 58 m away: Gawthorpe Hall

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Padiham built-up area; Green belt about 27 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Priority habitat about 26 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 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 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: Removal/variation of conditions
Postcode: BB12 8SJ
Received: 20 Aug 2025
Validated: 20 Aug 2025
Ward: Gawthorpe
Parish: Padiham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Nov 2025
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 12 Nov 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Public comments

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Last counted 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 19 Sept 2025

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