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178 Union Road Oswaldtwistle Accrington BB5 3EG

11/15/0209AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 July 2015

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

Proposal

Full: Change of use from hair dressers to dog grooming parlour (retrospective)

Submitted
9 June 2015
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 178 UNION ROAD OSWALDTWISTLE ACCRINGTON BB5 3EG. Hyndburn has handled 67 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Straits conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.

89% of amendment applications at Hyndburn Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB5 3EG
Application type
Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2015

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Straits
  • 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: Hyndburn

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