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Gospel Hall 43 Victoria Street Blackburn BB1 6DN

10/24/0672Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 November 2024

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use to a mixed use comprising retail, goods production and storage at ground and first floor and ancillary accommodation at second floor. Installation of new shop front, erection of side extensions and dormer to side

Received
15 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target18 Sep
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 107 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Gospel Hall 43 Victoria Street Blackburn BB1 6DN. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 12 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Richmond Terrace conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 6DN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2024
Consultation expiry
22 November 2024
Consultation start
7 August 2024
Consultation end
22 November 2024
Last date for comments
16 September 2024
Target decision date
18 September 2024
Application expires
2 October 2024
Permission expires
22 November 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
2 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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