Land adjacent to 10 Hurtley Street, Burnley, BB10 1BY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Permission in Principle for the erection of one building to accommodate up to 6no. flats. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Apr 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 24 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Burnley Development Control Committee on 23 Apr 2026, in a recorded vote.
Refused by 10 votes to 4
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers advised approval because the site was suitable for up to six flats in a sustainable location within the development boundary.
- A neighbour raised concerns about noise, dust, appearance, outlook, parking and loss of grass.
- The committee voted to refuse, finding overdevelopment and loss of valuable green space.
Source: Plota analysis of Burnley's committee minutes of 23 Apr 2026.
Documents 26
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 11
Other documents 7
Site constraints 3
Checked on 2 November 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
- Permission in Principle
- Postcode
- BB10 1BY
- Received
- 21 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 4 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
- Parish
- Not within a Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Appeal Allowed
- Decision date
- 24 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Development Control Committee
- Appeal
- Allowed · 8 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6010021 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 79 days from validation, 5 days slower than Burnley's median of 74 for outline applications. Approved, as 61% of outline applications here are.
Plota live figures for outline applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent outline applications in Burnley to go on. Burnley decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 24 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 12 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 23 Apr 2026
Historical activity at this location
20 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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