177 - 179 Blackburn Road, Accrington, BB5 0AF
Proposal
Full: Change of Use from Retail Store (Class E) to a 2 Bedroom Flat
- Received
- 10 December 2024
- Decided
- 17 February 2025 · APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
- Council
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation1 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 177 - 179 Blackburn Road, Accrington, BB5 0AF. Hyndburn has handled 798 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Hyndburn's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,114 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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