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Burnley: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Burnley Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, North West; within the county of LAN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lancashire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Burnley for 2026–27: £351.44 of a £2,549.42 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 new provision), 0 closed
- Holdsworth School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 20 July 2026
- Silver Birch School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 17 November 2025
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£343,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | £2,000 |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.2 million |
| Cultural and related services | £5.3 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.7 million |
| Planning and development services | −£426,000 |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £17.2 million |
Burnley in numbers
- Total population
- 99,233 people
- Median age
- 38 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £17,928
- Gross median weekly pay
- £593
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 39.9%
- Claimant Count
- 5.7%
- Average house price
- £135,012
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 3.9 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 3.9 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 96.0%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 107.8 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 2,895 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
45 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents, Greens and Liberal Democrats.
Councillors by party: Reform UK 12, Independent / Other 10, Labour Party 10, Liberal Democrats 6, Conservative and Unionist 4, Green Party (E&W) 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 45 councillors, by ward
- Afrasiab Anwar (Independent / Other) — Bank Hall
- Lubna Khan (Independent / Other) — Bank Hall
- Sehrish Lone (Independent / Other) — Bank Hall
- Anne Kelly (Liberal Democrats) — Briercliffe
- Margaret Lishman (Liberal Democrats) — Briercliffe
- Mark Poulton (Reform UK) — Briercliffe
- Josh Graham (Reform UK) — Brunshaw
- Mark Townsend (Labour Party) — Brunshaw
- Shaun Sproule (Labour Party) — Brunshaw
- Beki Hughes (Green Party (E&W)) — Cliviger with Worsthorne
- Gavin Theaker (Reform UK) — Cliviger with Worsthorne
- Ivor Emo (Conservative and Unionist) — Cliviger with Worsthorne
- Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrats) — Coal Clough with Deerplay
- Howard Baker (Liberal Democrats) — Coal Clough with Deerplay
- Jacqueline Inckle (Liberal Democrats) — Coal Clough with Deerplay
- Nussrat Kazmi (Independent / Other) — Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
- Saeed Chaudhary (Independent / Other) — Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
- Shah Hussain (Independent / Other) — Daneshouse with Stoneyholme
- Angela Radcliffe (Reform UK) — Gannow
- Charlie Briggs (Liberal Democrats) — Gannow
- Gemma Haigh (Labour Party) — Gannow
- Barbara Dole (Labour Party) — Gawthorpe
- John Harbour (Labour Party) — Gawthorpe
- Victoria Taylor (Reform UK) — Gawthorpe
- Alan Hosker (Reform UK) — Hapton with Park
- Joanne Broughton (Conservative and Unionist) — Hapton with Park
- Steve Keogh (Reform UK) — Hapton with Park
- Andy Waddington (Labour Party) — Lanehead
- James Halstead (Reform UK) — Lanehead
- Shiraz Ahmed (Independent / Other) — Lanehead
- Aurangzeb Ali (Independent / Other) — Queensgate
- Mohammed Ishtiaq (Independent / Other) — Queensgate
- Zulkernehn Hayat (Independent / Other) — Queensgate
- Ashley Brown (Labour Party) — Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
- Liam Thomson (Reform UK) — Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
- Paul Reynolds (Labour Party) — Rosegrove with Lowerhouse
- Bill Horrocks (Labour Party) — Rosehill with Burnley Wood
- Jeff Sumner (Reform UK) — Rosehill with Burnley Wood
- Margaret Brindle (Labour Party) — Rosehill with Burnley Wood
- Helen Bridges (Green Party (E&W)) — Trinity
- Kev Shackell (Reform UK) — Trinity
- Martyn Hurt (Green Party (E&W)) — Trinity
- Chris Weekes (Reform UK) — Whittlefield with Ightenhill
- Don Whitaker (Conservative and Unionist) — Whittlefield with Ightenhill
- Lee Ashworth (Conservative and Unionist) — Whittlefield with Ightenhill