11 Water Street, Accrington, BB5 6PX

11/24/0377Full Planning ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 18 November 2024

Proposal

Full: Change of use from retail store to taxi office

Received: 13 September 2024
Council: Hyndburn Borough Council

ReceivedReceived13 Sep
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation19 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided18 Nov

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 11 Water Street, Accrington, BB5 6PX. Hyndburn has handled 841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Hyndburn's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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).

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Application details

Postcode: BB5 6PX
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 13 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 19 November 2024
Consultation start: 13 September 2024
Consultation end: 19 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 13 September 2024

Publicity

Site notice start: 13 September 2024

Additional information

Documents: 12

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 2: Medium 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.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2024
23 Dec
Full: Change of Use From Retail Store to Taxi Office
ApprovedFull Planning Application11/24/0519

Source: Hyndburn

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