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Operational land off Meadway, Padiham

PA/2026/0175Lawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: Permitted DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed replacement of transformer.

Received
21 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hapton with Park
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Operational land off Meadway, Padiham. Burnley has handled 69 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Hapton with Park.

71% 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

Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Padiham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026
Target decision date
22 April 2026
Application expires
17 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town HallOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation

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, 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

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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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