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Thwaites House, Room 2 12 Railway Road Blackburn Blackburn With Darwen BB1 5AX

10/24/0173Full Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn

Council decision: X Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Council

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

Proposal

Change of use of upper floors in to 14 no flats (Class C3) - app withdrawn - form used on invalid app 23/1145

Received
16 February 2024
Decision level
Withdrawn-Council
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Thwaites House, Room 2 12 Railway Road Blackburn Blackburn With Darwen BB1 5AX. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. The site is in the Cathedral conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5AX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2024
Application expires
12 April 2024

Planning decision

Decision
X Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
56 days

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)
  • Conservation area: Cathedral

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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