Planning application
16 Ighten Road, Burnley, BB12 0HP
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Proposed use of property as a care home to accommodate one young person, with staff operating on a shift basis.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0314
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0314
- Type
- Lawful development: Proposed use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 21 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Gannow
- Parish
- Not within a Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BB12 0HP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2026
Received by Burnley
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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10 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Burnley refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
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