Towneley House 1 Kingsway Burnley Lancashire BB11 1BJ
Approved on 26 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification submission for change of use from offices (Class E(g)(i)) to form 12no. apartments (Class C3)
- Received
- 19 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Burnley Borough Council
- Ward
- Daneshouse With Stoneyholme
- Agent
- LARK Architects
- ReceivedReceived19 Nov
- ValidatedValidated1 Dec
- Consult.Consultation6 Jan
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Towneley House 1 Kingsway Burnley Lancashire BB11 1BJ. Burnley has handled 69 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Daneshouse With Stoneyholme. We hold 164 applications in total for the BB11 postcode area.
70% 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 1BJ
- Application type
- Prior Approval - A1, A2, Sui Gen to Res
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 12
- Parish
- Not Within A Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- LARK Architects
- Architect profile
- LARK ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Unit 10 The Crossings Riparian Court Riparian Way Cross Hills Keighley BD20 7BW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 57 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 January 2026
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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