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Garage Rear Hope Street Blackburn BB2 1DY

10/26/0465Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/Service to DwellinghousesAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a commercial workshop (Class E) to a single residential dwellinghouse (Class C3)

Received
18 May 2026
Decision due
15 June 2026
Ward
Wensley Fold
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 May.

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Garage Rear Hope Street Blackburn BB2 1DY. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Corporation Park conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Wensley Fold. We hold 565 applications in total for the BB2 postcode area.

88% 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
BB2 1DY
Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/Service to Dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2026
Consultation expiry
18 May 2026
Consultation end
18 May 2026
Last date for comments
18 May 2026
Application expires
13 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Corporation Park
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Corporation Park Blackburn
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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