347 Briercliffe Road, Burnley, BB10 1TX

PA/2026/0242Lawful development: Proposed useApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 July 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of Proposed use to allow for an additional carer (3 in total) at the existing children's home for 2 children (Use Class C2).

Received: 1 June 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Burnley Borough Council
Ward: Lanehead

ReceivedReceived1 Jun
ValidatedValidated2 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Jun
DecidedDecided6 Jul

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 347 BRIERCLIFFE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 1TX. Burnley has handled 69 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Lanehead. We hold 217 applications in total for the BB10 postcode area.

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

Postcode: BB10 1TX
Application type: Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Not within a Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 June 2026
Target decision date: 2 June 2026
Application expires: 28 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Source: Burnley

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