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66 King William Street Blackburn BB1 7DT

10/26/0288Full Planning Application (Retrospective)Approved
Full

Approved on 4 June 2026

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from cafe (Use Class E(b)) to restaurant/takeaway (Sui Generis) and alterations to shop front including new windows, door and security shutters (retrospective)

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided4 Jun

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 66 King William Street Blackburn BB1 7DT. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in the Northgate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

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
BB1 7DT
Application type
Full Planning Application (Retrospective)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
4 June 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Consultation end
4 June 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026
Application expires
18 May 2026
Permission expires
4 June 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Publicity

First advertised
23 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Northgate
  • 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 (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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Mar

    Change of use of ground floor from cafe (Use Class E(b)) to restaurant/takeaway (Sui Generis) and alterations…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment10/26/0288
  2. 2026
    23 Mar

    1no illuminated fascia sign and 1no illuminated projecting sign to shop front

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside10/26/0289

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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