5 Southern Court, Burnley, BB12 8BF

PA/2026/0140Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 20 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Erect a single attached domestic garage

Received: 27 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Burnley Borough Council
Ward: Gannow

ReceivedReceived27 Mar
ValidatedValidated28 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Apr
DecidedDecided20 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 5 SOUTHERN COURT, BURNLEY, BB12 8BF. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Gannow. We hold 224 applications in total for the BB12 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: BB12 8BF
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Not within a Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 March 2026
Target decision date: 24 April 2026
Application expires: 23 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

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
Brownfield land register: Land rear of 7 Southern AvenueRegister site at or near this address
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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Burnley

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