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5 Mersey Street Burnley Lancashire BB12 6HR

PAH/2023/0418Prior Approval HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 24 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed kitchen extension to the rear which will extend: 4.55 metres beyond rear wall of dwelling; 3.98 metres maximum height; 2.17 metres height at the eaves.

Received
14 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rosegrove With Lowerhouse
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 5 Mersey Street Burnley Lancashire BB12 6HR. Burnley has handled 69 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Burnley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Rosegrove With Lowerhouse. We hold 224 applications in total for the BB12 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
BB12 6HR
Application type
Prior Approval Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Within A Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2023
Consultation expiry
16 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 August 2023
Last date for comments
16 August 2023
Target decision date
20 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
36 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
1

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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