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Blackburn College, Victoria Centre Blakey Moor Blackburn BB2 1LH

10/26/0335Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Recladding of rooftop walkway and installation of louvres

Received
7 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackburn Central
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Blackburn College, Victoria Centre Blakey Moor Blackburn BB2 1LH. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 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.

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
BB2 1LH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Consultation expiry
21 May 2026
Consultation start
9 April 2026
Consultation end
21 May 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026
Application expires
2 June 2026
Permission expires
21 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Publicity

First advertised
23 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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
    7 Apr

    Recladding of rooftop walkway and installation of louvres

    This applicationApprovedFull10/26/0335
  2. 2026
    7 Apr

    Recladding of rooftop walkway and installation of louvres

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside10/26/0337

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Jul

    Discharge Condition No.3 "roofing material only" pursuant to planning application 10/22/0912

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions10/25/0756
  2. 2023
    20 Feb

    Discharge of condition 4 "archaeological recording" pursuant to listed building consent 10/22/0913

    Partial discharge of conditionDischarge of conditions10/23/0142
  3. 2023
    10 Jan

    Discharge Condition Nos 3 "materials" pursuant to listed building application 10/22/0913

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions10/23/0029
  4. 2023
    10 Jan

    Discharge Condition Nos 3 "materials", 5 "construction method statement" and 6 "drainage surveys" pursuant to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions10/23/0014
  5. 2021
    17 Jun

    The erection of free standing bronze statue of Barbara Castle and stone memorial at Jubilee Square, Blackburn

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application10/21/0647

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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