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17 Towneley Street Burnley Lancashire BB10 1UJ

COU/2023/0421Change of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 14 September 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling to childrens care home and rear single storey extension and new window to front elevation

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queensgate
Agent
ANW Architects
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 17 Towneley Street Burnley Lancashire BB10 1UJ. Burnley has handled 30 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Queensgate. We hold 217 applications in total for the BB10 postcode area.

82% of amendment applications at Burnley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB10 1UJ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Within A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2023
Consultation expiry
15 August 2023
Consultation start
25 July 2023
Consultation end
15 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 August 2023
Last date for comments
10 August 2023
Target decision date
1 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
ANW Architects
Architect profile
ANW ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
222 Colne Road Burnley Lancashire BB10 1DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Burnley

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