Skip to content

Former Market Site, Land Bounded by Brown Street, Ainsworth Street and Penny Street, Blackburn

10/24/0595Full Planning Application/Outline Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2024

Council decision: PermitsPlanning committee

Proposal

Hybrid Application; Full application for Building One (Use Class F1 for the provision of education, with ancillary Use Classes E(b)(café) and E(g) offices) and accompanying service areas, changes to the road layout, reconfiguration of taxi pick-up/drop off, flood attenuation basins, surrounding public realm and landscaping, and relocation of existing café unit; and Outline application, including access, landscaping and layout, with appearance and scale matters reserved, for Building Two (Use Classes F1/E(g) - education and/or offices/research and development with ancillary Use Classes, E(a) retail, E(b)(café)) and new free-standing café unit.

Received
26 June 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Former Market Site, Land Bounded by Brown Street, Ainsworth Street and Penny Street, Blackburn. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer 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 69 applications across Blackburn Central.

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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application/Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2024
Consultation expiry
20 September 2024
Consultation start
27 June 2024
Consultation end
20 September 2024
Last date for comments
29 July 2024
Target decision date
11 September 2024
Committee meeting
19 September 2024
Application expires
25 September 2024
Permission expires
20 September 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
90 days

Publicity

First advertised
15 July 2024

Additional information

Documents
71

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)

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address