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Ground Floor, 1 Cheltenham Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen

10/26/0916Full Planning ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use to a mixed-use building (Sui Generis) comprising a beauty salon and barbershop and four residential bedsits with external alterations, installation of a new shopfront and roller shutter

Received (week of)
19 October 2026
Ward
Wensley Fold
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Ground Floor, 1 Cheltenham Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 45 applications of this type. 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 14 applications across Wensley Fold.

95% of all 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

Application type
Full Planning Application

Site constraints

Checking the site
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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.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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