Wrights Upholstery, Claremont Street, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 0HG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use to Student Accommodation (Sui Generis) comprising of 24no. studio bedrooms with associated external alterations including increasing the rear extensions roof height. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 13 Feb 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Burnley Development Control Committee on 12 Feb 2026.
Refused
Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.
- Officers recommended approval with conditions.
- The proposal involved 24 studio bedrooms and associated alterations, including a higher rear extension roof.
- The committee refused the application after a named vote, citing facilities, amenity, disabled parking and on-street parking concerns.
Source: Plota analysis of Burnley's committee minutes of 12 Feb 2026.
Documents 54
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 7
Plans & drawings 21
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 13
Other documents 7
Site constraints 5
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, 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 1
Last sold for £250,000 in May 2021. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Burnley
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- BB12 0HG
- Received
- 5 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 21 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Gannow
- Parish
- Not within a Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Appeal Dismissed
- Decision date
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Development Control Committee
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 22 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6007776 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 176 days from validation, 121 days slower than Burnley's median of 55 for full applications. Refused, as 18% of full applications here are.
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 13 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 9 Jan 2026
- Committee
- 13 Feb 2026
Historical activity at this location
24 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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