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The Post Office, 137 Coal Clough Lane, Burnley BB11 4NW

PA/2026/0274Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 September 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Break out front wall to form new door opening (Access for first floor living accommodation)

Submitted
7 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trinity
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Post Office, 137 Coal Clough Lane, Burnley BB11 4NW. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, comprising the formation of a new doorway within the principal elevation adjacent to the existing shopfront, would introduce a poorly integrated and discordant feature that would disrupt the visual balance and architectural integrity of the frontage. The development would appear as an incongruous addition that fails to respond positively to the character of the building or wider street scene, resulting in unacceptable harm to the visual amenities of the area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy SP5 of the Burnley Local Plan and Policy DP3 of the National Planning Policy Framework, which seeks to secure well-designed places that are sympathetic to local character and visually attractive.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB11 4NW
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not within a Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Target decision date
28 July 2026
Application expires
27 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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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