
Burnley planning committee
Councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq
IndependentSeen at planning committee from June 2025 to April 2026
- 90%attendance
- 2recorded votes
- 12agreed, no vote against recorded
- 25decisions at their meetings
As at 15 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Burnley’s published minutes, Councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq attended 9 of the 10 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from June 2025 to April 2026, in the chair at 9. Each member's vote is recorded on 2 decisions at those meetings: Ishtiaq voted 0 for, 2 against. On 2 of those votes the officers’ recommendation is known, and none went against it. On 12 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Ishtiaq is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 9 of 1090%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 25
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Recorded votes
- 2
- Decisions where the minutes, the council's recorded vote or the meeting's recording give each member's vote: 0 for, 2 against, 0 abstained.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 12
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Declared interests
- 0
- Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.
Voting record
Votes by quarter
Not drawn: 2 recorded votes is too few to show a pattern over time.
Against officer advice
Not drawn: 2 recorded votes with a known officers’ recommendation is too few to compare.
Agreement with other members
Not drawn: on the 2 divided votes the minutes record, fewer than 3 other members voted beside them 5 or more times.
Attendance
90%
9 of 10 meetings whose minutes list them; apologies for 1.
The typical member of this committee attended 90% (the median of 21 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Development Control Committee: 9 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Development Control Committee | Apologies |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 9 Oct 2025 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 11 Sep 2025 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 14 Aug 2025 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
| 5 Jun 2025 | Development Control Committee | Present, Chair |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Burnley Borough Council, Heasandford Industrial Estate, BurnleyWaste transfer station · PA/2026/0045 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Crematorium, Accrington Road, Burnley, Lancashire26-space car park extension · FUL/2025/0350 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Units 4-8, Advance Point, Rossendale RoadUnits 4-8 storage use · FUL/2025/0670 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land adjacent to 10 Hurtley Street, BurnleyUp to six flats · PIP/2026/0028 RefusedAgainst officer advice AgainstNamed in the minutes
- Land at Bankfield/Curzon Street/Parker Street, Curzon Street, BurnleyUnknown Shoppers statue · PA/2026/0075 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- TOWNELEY HALL CRAFT MUSEUM, TOWNELEY PARK, BURNLEYListed building repairs · LBC/2025/0642 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Wrights Upholstery, Claremont Street, Burnley, Lancashire24 studio student rooms · FUL/2025/0464 RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 120 Healey Wood Road, Burnley, LancashireThree-person HMO · COU/2025/0577 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 71 Albion Street, Burnley, LancashireOne-bedroom flat · PAD/2025/0491 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land And Premises, No 308 Red Lees Rd, Mereclough, Burnley9 dwellings · FUL/2025/0454 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Between Hill Farm And Copucobana, Halifax Road, Briercliffe, Burnley, LancashireOne detached dwelling · FUL/2025/0519 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land to the south of Shuttleworth House Farm100MW battery storage system · FUL/2025/0344 Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Hollin Cross Farm Woodplumpton Road Burnley Lancashire200-home estate changes · VAR/2025/0364 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Wood Top C Of E School Cambridge Street Burnley LancashireDemolition of listed school · LBC/2024/0370 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Wood Top C Of E School Cambridge Street Burnley LancashireFUL/2024/0369 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Land At Former Hargher Clough Mill, Hargher Street BurnleySix industrial storage units · FUL/2025/0316 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 10A Briercliffe Road Burnley LancashireFour-bedroom house · FUL/2023/0409 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Sandygate Halls, Sandygate, BurnleyReduce parking spaces to 32 · NMA/2025/0434 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 353 - 355 Briercliffe Road Burnley LancashireRoof conversion and dormers · FUL/2025/0330 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- Bowls Pavilion Within Scott Park 1 Fern Road Burnley LancashireBowls pavilion roof replacement · FUL/2025/0321 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 145 Nairne Street Burnley LancashireFour-person HMO · FUL/2025/0327 RefusedAgainst officer advice AgainstNamed in the minutes
- Former Allotments Liverpool Road Burnley28 homes and apartments · OUT/2025/0307 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Former Padiham County Primary School Burnley Road Padiham LancashireSupported housing scheme · VAR/2025/0146 Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Prairie Sports Village Windermere Avenue Burnley Lancashire18-hole adventure golf course · FUL/2025/0119 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
- 13 Palatine Square Burnley LancashireChildren's care home · COU/2025/0212 Approved ForNo vote against recorded
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Ishtiaq moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.
Subjects in what the minutes record
- Parking and traffic13 Nov 2025
- Moved deferral
“The Chair moved that the item be deferred to allow the applicant to engage with LCC highways.”
Minutes, 13 Nov 2025, Land Between Hill Farm And Copucobana, Halifax Road, Briercliffe, Burnley, Lancashire
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from Burnley’s published planning committee minutes, 15 meetings from June 2025 to October 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.
Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.
Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.
Also on this committee
- Gordon BirtwistleLib Dem
- Bill HorrocksLabour
- John HarbourLabour
- Shah HussainIndependent
- Alan HoskerReform UK
- Martyn HurtGreen
- Joanne BroughtonConservative
- Sue GrahamLabour
- Aurangzeb AliIndependent
- Jacqueline InckleLib Dem
- Lubna KhanIndependent
- Mike SteelConservative
- Andy WaddingtonLabour
- Jack LaunerGreen
- Anne KellyLib Dem
- Mark TownsendLab Co-op