194 - 196 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3EG

11/25/0203Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 6 August 2025

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS

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

Proposal

Full: Partial change of use from offices to a 3-bedroom self-contained flat (retrospective)

Received: 11 June 2025
Council: Hyndburn Borough Council

ReceivedReceived11 Jun
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation3 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 194 - 196 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3EG. Hyndburn has handled 841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Hyndburn's typical decision time. 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.

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 3EG
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Validated: 11 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 3 July 2025
Consultation start: 11 June 2025
Consultation end: 3 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 11 June 2025

Publicity

Site notice start: 12 June 2025

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.

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.

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© 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.

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Source: Hyndburn

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