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9 Preston New Road Blackburn BB2 1AR

10/23/0483Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/etc to Mixed Use inc up to 2 flatsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 July 2023

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to Class E (Retail) and 2 no. upper floor flats (C3)

Received
5 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 9 Preston New Road Blackburn BB2 1AR. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Blackburn Central. We hold 565 applications in total for the BB2 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
BB2 1AR
Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/etc to Mixed Use inc up to 2 flats
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2023
Consultation expiry
26 July 2023
Consultation start
16 June 2023
Consultation end
26 July 2023
Last date for comments
7 July 2023
Target decision date
10 July 2023
Application expires
7 August 2023
Permission expires
26 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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
  • 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.

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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