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Higher Cockcroft (Adjacent to No 31 Northgate) Blackburn BB2 1JU

10/25/0908Full Planning Application (Retrospective)Awaiting decision
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Proposal

Repositioning and retention of security gates

Received
2 September 2025
Decision due
18 November 2025
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 November.

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Higher Cockcroft (Adjacent to No 31 Northgate) Blackburn BB2 1JU. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 172 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 3 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 565 applications in total for the BB2 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BB2 1JU
Application type
Full Planning Application (Retrospective)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Consultation expiry
28 November 2025
Consultation start
9 October 2025
Consultation end
28 November 2025
Last date for comments
28 November 2025
Application expires
2 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

First advertised
9 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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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