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49 Fairfield Drive, Burnley, BB10 2PU

LCC/2026/0006AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 June 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

A change of use from class C3 (dwellinghouse) to class C2 (residential institutions) to enable the property to be used as a home for up to two young persons between the ages of 11 and 17 years with no more than two carers staying in the property overnight providing care as required.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BURNLEY NORTH EAST
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 104 days (council typically 84)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 49 Fairfield Drive, Burnley, BB10 2PU. Lancashire has handled 35 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 3 weeks longer than Lancashire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across BURNLEY NORTH EAST. We hold 217 applications in total for the BB10 postcode area.

94% of all applications at Lancashire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 12 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB10 2PU
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small
District
Burnley Borough Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PO BOX 100 COUNTY HALL PRESTON PR1 0LD

Planning decision

Case officer
Peter Gittins

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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: Lancashire

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