Unit 10 Fairfield House Fairfield Street Accrington Lancs BB5 0LG

11/17/0184Observations to County CouncilApproved

Approved on 3 August 2017

Council decision: LCC APPROVAL

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

Proposal

LCC Consultation: LCC Ref LCC/2017/0037/ASP/RH Change of use to vehicle dismantle vehicle depollution and authorized treatment facility environment agency permit type SR2015 (No 17)

Received: 3 May 2017
Council: Hyndburn Borough Council

ReceivedReceived3 May
ValidatedValidated13 Apr
Consult.Consultation24 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided3 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Unit 10 Fairfield House Fairfield Street Accrington Lancs BB5 0LG. Hyndburn has handled 17 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Hyndburn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,173 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.

86% of all 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 0LG
Application type: Observations to County Council
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 April 2017
Consultation expiry: 24 May 2017
Consultation start: 3 May 2017
Consultation end: 24 May 2017

Publicity

Site notice start: 3 May 2017

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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: Hyndburn

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