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16 Palatine Square, Burnley, BB11 4JF

PA/2026/0265Lawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 August 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

This application is purely for the professional installation of solar panels on front and rear aspects of existing, original slate tile roof with solar panels being all black to be as close aesthetic match as possible and no visual impact of the street. Home battery and inverter install into rear outbuilding to match all electrical and building code requirements. No other alterations or building work is being proposed and meets Schedule 2 Permitted development rights, Part 14 Renewable energy, order 2015.

Submitted
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 16 PALATINE SQUARE, BURNLEY, BB11 4JF. Burnley has handled 69 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings 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.

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
BB11 4JF
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not within a Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Target decision date
6 July 2026
Application expires
31 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Palatine
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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