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Unit 3 Sandygate Hall Sandygate Burnley Lancashire BB11 1EX

FUL/2023/0296Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 July 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed post 16 educational use (Class F1)

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target2 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 3 Sandygate Hall Sandygate Burnley Lancashire BB11 1EX. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Canalside conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Trinity. 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 1EX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Within A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2023
Consultation expiry
16 June 2023
Consultation start
26 May 2023
Consultation end
16 June 2023
Target decision date
2 July 2023
Committee meeting
13 July 2023
Permission expires
14 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Canalside
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Canalside, Burnley
  • 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 (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

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© 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.

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Source: Burnley

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