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170 St Jamess Street, Burnley, BB11 1NR

COU/2026/0013Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

The change of use of the ground floor of the Cross Keys Hotel from a licenced premises to a licenced premises and three self contained 1-bedroom/1-person apartments with no changes to the use of the first and second floors of the building.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 170 ST JAMESS STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 1NR. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 9 weeks longer than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnley Town Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Daneshouse with Stoneyholme. We hold 164 applications in total for the BB11 postcode area.

83% of full 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
BB11 1NR
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not within a Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026
Application expires
20 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Burnley Town Centre
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Burnley Town Centre

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

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Proposed Window details of east facing elevation), 5 (Enhanced acoustic insulation…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/0451
  2. 2026
    13 Jan

    The change of use of the ground floor of the Cross Keys Hotel from a licenced premises to a licenced premises…

    This applicationApprovedFullCOU/2026/0013

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