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Coal Clough Academy, Swindon Street, Burnley, BB11 4PF

NOT/2026/0069Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premisesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed roof mounted solar panels

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at COAL CLOUGH ACADEMY, SWINDON STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 4PF. Burnley has handled 69 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Burnley's typical decision time. 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.

70% of outline 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 4PF
Application type
Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not within a Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026
Application expires
11 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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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