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Darwen Youth Centre Knott Street Darwen

10/24/0333Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 April 2024

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Non-material amendment pursuant to planning application 10/23/0861 "Erection of 2 no. side extensions to provide stair towers up to a new floor level above the existing ground floor, and 1 no. front extension to provide a main entrance, alongside internal reconfigurations, as well as the relocation of the existing MUGA, vehicular parking alterations and landscaping works " - change description of development to "Demolition and rebuilding of Darwen Youth Centre building to existing footprint and external appearance together with erection of 2no. side extensions to provide stair towers up to a new floor level above the existing ground floor, and 1no front extension to provide a main entrance, alongside internal reconfigurations, as well as the relocation of the existing MUGA, vehicular parking alterations and landscaping works

Received
27 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwen East
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Darwen Youth Centre Knott Street Darwen. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 weeks quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Darwen East.

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

Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2024
Consultation expiry
29 April 2024
Consultation start
8 April 2024
Consultation end
29 April 2024
Last date for comments
29 April 2024
Target decision date
10 April 2024
Application expires
24 April 2024
Permission expires
16 April 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
16 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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