78-80 King William Street Blackburn BB1 7DT
Approved on 21 July 2023
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of second floor to ancillary staff welfare facilities
- Received
- 16 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Blackburn Central
- ReceivedReceived16 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation21 Jul
- TargetTarget Date28 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 78-80 King William Street Blackburn BB1 7DT. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.
92% of amendment 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 7DT
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Blackburn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 21 July 2023
- Consultation start
- 26 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 21 July 2023
- Last date for comments
- 17 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 28 July 2023
- Application expires
- 11 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 46 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20222 Nov
Fascia sign & window sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consent10/22/1043 - 20227 Jun
Discharge Condition No.4 "scheme for all windows and doors" pursuant to planning application 10/22/0042
ApprovedDischarge of conditions10/22/0562 - 202211 Jan
Change of use from a public house into a restaurant (ground and first floor) (Use Class E, (b) with the…
ApprovedFull Planning Application10/22/0042
Source: Blackburn with Darwen
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