158 St James`s Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 1NR
Approved on 21 November 2023
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of ground floor from taxi office (sui generis) to Class E Use. Change of use of second and third floors from ancillary storage to 2no. self-contained studio flats.
- Received
- 21 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Burnley Borough Council
- Ward
- Daneshouse With Stoneyholme
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated28 Jun
- Consult.Consultation19 Jul
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 158 St James`s Street Burnley Lancashire BB11 1NR. Burnley has handled 174 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Burnley's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnley Town Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Daneshouse With Stoneyholme. 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 1NR
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Not Within A Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 3 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 28 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 19 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 July 2023
- Last date for comments
- 3 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 November 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 9 Towler Drive COLNE BB8 7GN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 139 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 July 2023
- Site notice start
- 13 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 3 August 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Burnley Town Centre
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation
Not published by this council, so not checked: 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.
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