Four-bedroom house at 10A Briercliffe Road, Burnley

“The proposal for the construction of a four-bedroom end-terrace dwelling. The dwelling will occupy most of the footprint of the previous structure, with the remainder to be a walled yard plus a single off-street parking space. Materials are proposed to be stone/blue slate to match the attached building (38 Ford Street) and the ridge will continue that of the remainder of the terrace.”

“Prior to 2021, the site contained a group of addresses forming the end of a traditional terrace of houses with highway to three sides in a primarily residential area of Burnley. The ground floor was last in use as a shop. In 2021 the buildings caught fire, they were damaged and subsequently demolished, and the site was cleared.”

“The site is within the ‘development boundary’ of Burnley as defined by the adopted Local Plan.”

“To side (north-east) – habitable room windows on both floors will face the yard/parking area, the highway and the rear elevation of the terrace of houses on Rylands Street at approx. 10.0m. Given the juxtaposition of terraces containing habitable room windows in the immediate location, on balance acceptable this is acceptable despite the Local Plan Policy HS4 requirement for a minimum distance of 20.0m between ‘facing windows of habitable rooms’.”

“Policy IC3 of the local plan requires three off-street parking spaces for a 4 bed dwelling. However, only one is proposed due to the location of the site in a densely developed terraced area where more properties do not have any off street parking and must park on the street. Highways have not raised any objections to the proposal despite this shortfall as they consider that the trip rate would be lower that the previous use.”

“Consultation Responses: Highways – no objections Coal Authority – withdraw their initial objection and recommend conditions (5.9.25) Environmental Health – no objections Objections: None received Planning Assessment: Principle The site is located within the development boundary of Burnley as identified within the adopted Local Plan, in which appropriate development is supported. Impact on residential amenity and surrounding uses…”

“That the application be approved subject to conditions:”

“No construction work shall take place on the development hereby approved outside the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 1pm on Saturday and not at any time on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Where permission is sought for works to be carried out…”

“This consent requires the construction, improvement, or alteration of an access to the public highway. A list of approved contractors only, can undertake the approved works under the Highways Act 1980 Section 171. Before any work begins at the site, please contact lhsvehiclecrossing@lancashire.gov.uk or telephone 01772 534222 for the list of approved contractors and to start the section 171 process…”

“Shallow Coal Seams In areas where shallow Coal seams are present, caution should be taken when carrying out any on site burning or heat focused activities.”