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Wood Top C Of E School Cambridge Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 5BE

LBC/2024/0370Listed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of school

Received
19 July 2024
Decision due
9 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
Agent
Buttress Architects Ltd
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (84)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Wood Top C Of E School Cambridge Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 5BE. Burnley has handled 12 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building 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.

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Application details

Postcode
BB11 5BE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Not Within A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2024
Consultation expiry
18 October 2024
Consultation start
4 October 2024
Consultation end
18 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2024
Last date for comments
23 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Buttress Architects Ltd
Architect profile
BUTTRESS ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
41 Bengal Street Manchester M4 6AF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
142 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
23 August 2024
Site notice start
1 August 2024
Site notice end
22 August 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
84
Constraints
3

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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