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21a Exchange Street Blackburn BB1 7JN

10/21/1032Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
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Withdrawn

Council decision: X Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Applicant

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Proposal

Change of use from ground floor residential use (C3) to an office - Class E (g) - with external alterations to front and rear elevations.

Received
8 September 2021
Decision level
Withdrawn-Applicant
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 21a Exchange Street Blackburn BB1 7JN. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Blackburn Central. We hold 656 applications in total for the BB1 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
BB1 7JN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 2021
Consultation expiry
26 October 2021
Consultation start
5 October 2021
Consultation end
26 October 2021
Last date for comments
4 November 2021
Application expires
24 November 2021

Planning decision

Decision
X Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
50 days

Publicity

First advertised
21 October 2021

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Northgate
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town HallOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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