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Hoddlesden Post Office 20-22 Queens Square Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3NQ

10/07/0690Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 August 2007

Council decision: X PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of a first floor flat to B1 offices and the making of external alterations to the ground floor retail premises. Change of use of the ground floor from A1 to A1 and A3

Received
21 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Rural
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hoddlesden Post Office 20-22 Queens Square Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3NQ. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Hoddlesden conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB3 3NQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Restuarants & Cafes, SHOP
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2007
Consultation expiry
10 August 2007
Consultation end
10 August 2007
Last date for comments
10 August 2007
Application expires
16 August 2007
Permission expires
16 August 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hoddlesden
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2007
    21 Jun

    Change of use of a first floor flat to B1 offices and the making of external alterations to the ground floor…

    This applicationApprovedFull10/07/0690
  2. 2007
    21 Jun

    Resiting of the staircase to the first floor to enable full access for disabled to the ground floor shop. The…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside10/07/0691

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