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84 Westgate Burnley Lancashire BB11 1RY

FUL/2023/0425Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 11 September 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from single dwelling to 6 bedsit HMO with up to 9 occupants (sui generis). Installation of two roof lights, expansion of front window area for lower ground floor, removal of rendering to expose original brickwork.

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 84 Westgate Burnley Lancashire BB11 1RY. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Canalside conservation area, with 2 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 1RY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Within A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Consultation expiry
29 August 2023
Consultation start
25 July 2023
Consultation end
15 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 August 2023
Last date for comments
29 August 2023
Target decision date
31 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Home Extension Advisory Service
Agent address
301, Broadstone Mill Broadstone Road Stockport SK5 7DL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
43 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 August 2023
Site notice end
29 August 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
27

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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© 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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