LPA Profile
What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.
Burnley Borough Council
GSS E07000117 · Portal: arcus (untested) · council register
How this council decides
Measured against the published determination target on 1,284 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 48 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).
(4+ days before target)
(final 3 days)
from valid to decision
This authority is mixed: a substantial share of decisions land after the statutory target, so treat the target as indicative.
Which day decisions land
| Mon | 18.5% | |
| Tue | 14.3% | |
| Wed | 17.5% | |
| Thu | 20.4% | |
| Fri | 29.2% |
An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.
By application type
| Type | Decisions | After target | On deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | 904 | 46% | 11% |
| Outline | 104 | 72% | 3% |
| Advertising | 78 | 53% | 8% |
| Trees | 56 | 52% | 7% |
| Telecoms | 42 | 19% | 29% |
| Heritage | 37 | 49% | 14% |
| Conditions | 32 | 69% | 6% |
| Amendment | 20 | 75% | 0% |
What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.
Agents most active here
| Agent / firm | Applications |
|---|---|
| ANW Architects | 6 |
| LMC Architecture | 6 |
| Kirkwells Limited | 3 |
| PWA Planning | 3 |
| Peak Architecture Ltd | 3 |
| Smith & Love Planning Consultants | 3 |
| Tree Check Ltd | 2 |
| Firstplan | 2 |
Development plan
Local Plan 2012-2032
Adopted 2018-07-31 · plan period 2012-01-01–2032-01-01
Plan documents
National statistics for this authority →
Councils with data on file
On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.