Sparrow Hawk Hotel 63 Church Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 2DN
Approved on 8 March 2024
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from student accommodation to hotel (Use Class C1).
- Received
- 26 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Burnley Borough Council
- Ward
- Bank Hall
- Agent
- Hybrid Planning & Development
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date1 Mar
- DecidedDecided8 Mar
Decided in 256 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sparrow Hawk Hotel 63 Church Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 2DN. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 317 days, 37 weeks longer than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in the Top o' th' Town conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Bank Hall. We hold 164 applications in total for the BB11 postcode area.
83% of full applications at Burnley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- BB11 2DN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Not Within A Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 19 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 19 February 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 8 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 1 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 8 March 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hybrid Planning & Development
- Agent address
- The Old Vyner Street Gallery 23 Vyner Street London E2 9DG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 249 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 August 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Top o' th' Town
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: 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.
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Source: Burnley
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