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Burnley Borough Council

Article 4 direction

Reference Name Description Documentation URL Document URL Notes Entry date Start date End date
A4D1 Article 4 Direction: Land off Shay Lane Briercliffe This Article 4 Direction was issued in order ?to remove the threat of serious injury to the visual and other amenities currently enjoyed in the Thursden Valley.? It removes the right to any permitted development on any of the land referred to within it. This means that any proposed development, even that which could normally be carried out without the need to make a planning application, will require planning permission. https://burnley.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/do-i-need-planning-permission/article4/ https://burnley.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Shay-Lane-Article-4-1975.pdf 1975-02-11 1975-02-11
A4D2 Article 4 Direction: Land at Hollins Farm, Red Lees Rd Cliviger/Worsthorne Removal of Permitted Development rights for˙The erection, construction, maintenance, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence wall or other means of enclosure (being development of the description contained in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)Order 1995 Schedule 2 part 2 Class A) https://burnley.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/do-i-need-planning-permission/article4/ https://burnley.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Hollins-Article-4-fences.pdf 2007-08-17 2007-08-17
A4D3 Article 4 Direction: Land at Hollins Farm, Red Lees Rd Cliviger/Worsthorne Removal of Permitted Development rights for use of land other than a building, as a caravan site as more particularly detailed in Schedule 5 Part 5 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)Order 1995 https://burnley.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/do-i-need-planning-permission/article4/ https://burnley.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Hollins-Article-4-Caravan-Site.pdf 2007-08-17 2007-08-17
A4D4 Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation The Direction relates to development comprising the change of use of a building from a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) to a use falling within Class C4 (houses in multiple occupation) of that Order and removes permitted development rights for this type of development from the date when the Direction comes into force.˙ https://burnley.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/do-i-need-planning-permission/article4/article-4-direction-houses-in-multiple-occupation/ https://burnley.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Burnley-Council-HMO-Article-4-Direction-Confirmed-June-2024.pdf 2024-10-14 2024-10-14