5 St Matthew Street, Burnley BB11 4JJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed change of use from shop to dwelling with alterations to window on front elevation and other minor interior and exterior works. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Sept 2026
Documents 11
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 5
Application forms 1
Site constraints 6
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £71,500 in November 2025. Terraced house, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2025, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Burnley
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- BB11 4JJ
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 24 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Trinity
- Parish
- Not within a Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Decision date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 48 days from validation, 4 days faster than Burnley's median of 52 for changes of use. Approved, as 71% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Burnley in the last twelve months, from validation. Burnley decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 11 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 20 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
7 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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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