21-23 Railway Road Blackburn BB1 5AX
Approved on 14 May 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval is GivenDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of 1st and 2nd floor to 8 no apartments with associated refuse and cycle store at part ground floor
- Received
- 27 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Blackburn Central
- ReceivedReceived27 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 May
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at 21-23 Railway Road Blackburn BB1 5AX. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Cathedral conservation area, with 2 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.
90% of outline 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 5AX
- Application type
- Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/Service to Dwellinghouses
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Blackburn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 31 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2025
- Application expires
- 22 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 May 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Cathedral
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202422 Oct
Use of premises as Use Class E (a) - display/sale of goods other than hot food
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)10/24/0938 - 202224 Aug
Two digital 75 inch LCD Display screen, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent10/22/0836 - 202224 Aug
Removal of two existing BT Phone Kiosks and installation of a proposed replacement BT Street Hub
ApprovedFull Planning Application10/22/0835
Source: Blackburn with Darwen
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