Skip to content

The Arcade, Church Street, Warner Street, Accrington, BB5 2EH

11/23/0349Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 December 2023

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Full: Proposed Change of use of existing 1st & 2nd floor offices into 6 No. 1 Bed flats and 2 No. Studio flats

Received
8 September 2023
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 104 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Arcade, Church Street ,Warner Street, Accrington, BB5 2EH. Hyndburn has handled 841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 8 weeks longer than Hyndburn's typical decision time. The site is in the Accrington Town Centre conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.

80% of full applications at Hyndburn Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
BB5 2EH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
8 September 2023
Consultation expiry
14 November 2023
Consultation start
8 September 2023
Consultation end
14 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
8 September 2023

Publicity

Site notice start
8 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BB5

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address