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5 Blackburn Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BA

10/15/0108Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 May 2015

Council decision: PermitsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to rear for use as ice-cream parlour.

Received
3 February 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
North Turton With Tockholes
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 5 Blackburn Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BA. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 0BA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Restuarants & Cafes, SHOP
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
North Turton

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2015
Consultation expiry
27 April 2015
Consultation start
23 February 2015
Consultation end
27 April 2015
Last date for comments
27 April 2015
Target decision date
15 May 2015
Committee meeting
28 May 2015
Application expires
2 April 2015
Permission expires
29 May 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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

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Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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