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28 Penny Street Blackburn BB1 6HL

10/21/1154Prior Approval - DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 November 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval is not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Demolition of traditional two storey masonry building, adjoining the vacant Fleece Inn Public House

Received
8 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 28 Penny Street Blackburn BB1 6HL. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

88% of outline 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 6HL
Application type
Prior Approval - Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2021
Consultation expiry
18 November 2021
Consultation start
28 October 2021
Consultation end
18 November 2021
Last date for comments
18 November 2021
Target decision date
10 November 2021
Application expires
24 November 2021
Permission expires
11 November 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

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.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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