Skip to content

181 Manchester Road Burnley Lancashire BB11 4HP

FUL/2023/0485Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 November 2023

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling house (Use Class C3) to an eight bedroom (eight occupant) house in multiple occupation (Sui Generis Use)

Received
9 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
Agent
CW Architectural Design
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 181 Manchester Road Burnley Lancashire BB11 4HP. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 8 weeks longer than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
BB11 4HP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Within A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2023
Consultation expiry
31 October 2023
Consultation start
10 October 2023
Consultation end
31 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2023
Last date for comments
31 October 2023
Target decision date
4 December 2023
Committee meeting
7 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
CW Architectural Design
Agent address
16 Meadow Fields Burton DE139BF

Planning decision

Statutory period
103 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
31
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BB11

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address