Planning application
Balmers Garden Machinery Centre, Trafalgar Street, Burnley, BB11 1TQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor and first floor from Class E (commercial) to mixed Class E and Class F.1 (learning and non-residential institutions) use, to provide a gym and fitness centre incorporating an Alternative Education Provision (AEP).
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0114
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0114
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Received
- 13 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Decided
- 2 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Trinity
- Parish
- Not within a Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BB11 1TQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Burnley register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH/2026/0173 Awaiting decision
BALMERS GARDEN MACHINERY CENTRE, TRAFALGAR STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 1TQ
Discharge of Conditions, 3 (construction management plan), 4 (surface water discharging, on to the public highway, details of the drainage and surfacing of the access), 5 (materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces), 9 (installation of any new windows and doors), 10 (full details of the openings and doors), 11(landscaping scheme), 12 (external lighting) of planning permission FUL/2023/0747
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Mar 2026
Received by Burnley
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11 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Burnley granted permission on 2 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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