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Imperial Mill Gorse Street Blackburn BB1 3EU

10/24/0294Full Planning Application (Regulation 3)Approved
Full

Approved on 24 May 2024

Council decision: PermitsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Imperial Mill consisting of repairs to loading bay, to consist of installation of replacement roofs, repairs to brickwork, removal of 9 no. windows and temporary boarding up of 27 no. windows (Retrospective)

Received
20 March 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Little Harwood & Whitebirk
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Imperial Mill Gorse Street Blackburn BB1 3EU. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Little Harwood & Whitebirk. 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 3EU
Application type
Full Planning Application (Regulation 3)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2024
Consultation expiry
24 May 2024
Consultation start
22 March 2024
Consultation end
24 May 2024
Last date for comments
18 April 2024
Target decision date
1 May 2024
Committee meeting
23 May 2024
Application expires
15 May 2024
Permission expires
24 May 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Publicity

First advertised
4 April 2024

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Imperial MillOn this site

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, conservation 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    20 Mar

    Works to Imperial Mill consisting of repairs to loading bay, to consist of installation of replacement roofs…

    This applicationApprovedFull10/24/0294
  2. 2024
    20 Mar

    Works to Imperial Mill consisting of repairs to loading bay, to consist of installation of replacement roofs…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside10/24/0303

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