King George's Hall Northgate Blackburn BB2 1AA

10/25/0272Listed Building Application (Regulation 3)Approved

Listed building consent

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: ConsentPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Works to include internal renovations and improvements to King George's Hall, including improvements and enhancements to bar areas, internal circulation and public areas, together with provision of additional and enhanced washroom facilities. Replacement and enhancement of external air extraction system

Received: 14 March 2025
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Ward: Blackburn Central

ReceivedReceived14 Mar
ValidatedValidated20 Mar
Consult.Consultation20 Jun
TargetTarget Date25 Apr
DecidedDecided20 Jun

Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at King George's Hall Northgate Blackburn BB2 1AA. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 106 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 7 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Blackburn Central. We hold 565 applications in total for the BB2 postcode area.

97% of heritage 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: BB2 1AA
Application type: Listed Building Application (Regulation 3)
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 20 June 2025
Consultation start: 21 March 2025
Consultation end: 20 June 2025
Last date for comments: 14 April 2025
Target decision date: 25 April 2025
Committee meeting: 19 June 2025
Application expires: 9 May 2025
Permission expires: 20 June 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 50 days

Publicity

First advertised: 31 March 2025

Additional information

Documents: 100

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Northgate
Listed building: Grade II: King Georges HallOn this site · +1 more
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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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16 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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