21A Exchange Street Blackburn BB1 7JN
Approved on 14 January 2022
Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use to a cafe/restaurant (class E) with elevational alterations and installation of a flue
- Received
- 29 November 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Blackburn Central
- ReceivedReceived29 Nov
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation14 Jan
- TargetTarget Date10 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Jan
Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)
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. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. 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.
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
- 6 December 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 14 January 2022
- Consultation start
- 6 December 2021
- Consultation end
- 14 January 2022
- Last date for comments
- 5 January 2022
- Target decision date
- 10 January 2022
- Application expires
- 24 January 2022
- Permission expires
- 14 January 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 22 December 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Northgate
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202111 Oct
Proposed change of use from ground floor residential use (C3) to a cafe/restaurant (Use Class E, (b) with…
WithdrawnFull Planning Application10/21/1149 - 20218 Sep
Change of use from ground floor residential use (C3) to an office - Class E (g) - with external alterations…
WithdrawnFull Planning Application10/21/1032
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