Demolition of school and erection of building at Wood Top C Of E School, Cambridge Street, Burnley
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Burnley Development Control Committee on 9 Oct 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
Permission was delegated
Permission was delegated to the Head of Housing and Development Control, subject to a legal agreement and listed conditions.
“Subject to a Section 106 obligation being secured to provide contributions towards highways, biodiversity and open space, delegate to the Head of Housing and Development control to grant planning permission subject to the conditions outlined below;”
“In the event that a satisfactory Section 106 obligation is not concluded by 6th November 2025, or other agreed extension of time, delegate authority to the Head of Housing and Development Control to refuse planning permission on the grounds that the obligations which make the development acceptable have not been legally secured.”
Minutes
The main requirements
The conditions addressed approved plans, materials, construction management, coal mining, biodiversity, drainage, traffic regulation and highway improvements.
“24 Hour emergency contact number. • Details of the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors. • Details of loading and unloading of plant and materials. • Arrangements for turning of vehicles within the site. • Swept path analysis showing access for the largest vehicles regularly accessing the site and measures to ensure adequate space is available and maintained, including any necessary temporary traffic management measures.”
“The details of the drainage strategy to be submitted for approval shall include as a minimum; a) Sustainable drainage calculations for peak flow control and volume control for the: i. 100% (1 in 1-year) annual exceedance probability event; ii. 3.3% (1 in 30-year) annual exceedance probability event + 45% climate change allowance; iii. 1% (1 in 100-year) annual exceedance probability event + 50% climate change allowance.”
Minutes
Before occupation
Before occupation, requirements included acoustic glazing, coal-mining verification, drainage documents and completion of agreed highway works.
“The occupation of the development shall not be permitted until a site-specific verification report, pertaining to the surface water sustainable drainage system, and prepared by a suitably competent person, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.”
“Off site highway improvement to be completed 16. No part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied until all the agreed highway works under a section 278 have been constructed and completed. Reason: In order that the traffic generated by the development does not exacerbate unsatisfactory highway conditions in advance of the completion of the highway scheme/works.”
Minutes
Ongoing restrictions
The permission required ecological measures, landscaping, an age restriction for occupants and drainage in accordance with approved principles.
“The drainage for the development hereby approved, shall be carried out in accordance with principles set out in the submitted Outline Drainage Strategy, Project No: 2310-14 Rev: P01, dated 2 May 2024, ref: WTB-REN-XX-XX-RP-C- 00006. For the avoidance of doubt, surface water must drain at the restricted rate of 4.5 l/s during any storm event to the surface water sewer.”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Mohammed IshtiaqChairIndependentFor(no vote against recorded)
- Martyn HurtVice-ChairGreenFor(no vote against recorded)
- Gordon BirtwistleLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- Joanne BroughtonConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Sue GrahamLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- John HarbourLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- Bill HorrocksLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
- Jacqueline InckleLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- Anne KellyLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- Mike SteelConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Mark TownsendLab Co-opFor(no vote against recorded)
- Andy WaddingtonLabourFor(no vote against recorded)
The minutes record this decision with no vote against, so each member present for this item is shown as voting for it.
Apologies Alan Hosker Reform UK, Shah Hussain Independent, Jack Launer Green, Lubna Khan Independent
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Burnley Development Control Committee minutes, 9 October 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Burnley's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Thursday 9 October 2025
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- Approved
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