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1-3 Exchange Street Blackburn BB1 7JN

10/23/0097Advertisement ApplicationApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 4 April 2023

Council decision: Express ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of illuminated and non illuminated fascia and hanging signs

Received
6 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 1-3 Exchange Street Blackburn BB1 7JN. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 6 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.

100% of advertising 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
Advertisement Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2023
Consultation expiry
4 April 2023
Consultation start
8 February 2023
Consultation end
4 April 2023
Last date for comments
31 March 2023
Target decision date
31 March 2023
Application expires
5 April 2023
Permission expires
4 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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: Northgate
  • Listed building: Grade II: Textile MuseumOn or next to this site
  • 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

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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