Former Law Courts and Police Station, Manchester Road, Accrington. BB5 2BH
Approved on 11 December 2025
Council decision: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS
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Proposal
Discharge of Condition: 3 (recording) attached to listed building consent reference 11/24/0026
- Received
- 14 November 2025
- Council
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation8 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Dec
Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Law Courts and Police Station, Manchester Road, Accrington. BB5 2BH. Hyndburn has handled 171 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Hyndburn's typical decision time. The site is in the Christ Church 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.
100% of conditions 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 2BH
- Application type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 8 December 2025
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 November 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Christ Church
- Brownfield land register: Chapel Street garage site, Abbey Street, AccringtonRegister site at or near this address
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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Sep
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) attached to full planning permission reference 11/23/0364 to alter…
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)11/26/0421 - 202627 Aug
Discharge of Condition: 10 (parquet flooring) attached to listed building consent reference 11/24/0026
PendingDischarge of conditions11/26/0394 - 20267 Jul
Discharge of Condition 8 (Internal Features) pursuant to Listed Building Consent reference 11/24/0026
ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/26/0314 - 20268 Jun
Listed Building Consent: Alterations and works to facilitate change of use and conversion of the former law…
PendingListed building consent11/26/0219 - 202615 May
Discharge of Conditions: 5 (coal investigations) and 22 (windows and doors) attached to full planning…
PendingDischarge of conditions11/26/0199 - 20261 May
Discharge of Condition: 7 (windows and doors) attached to listed building consent reference 11/24/0026
PendingDischarge of conditions11/26/0181 - 20269 Apr
Discharge of conditions: Condition 3 (Construction Management Plan) and Condition 4 (Archaeological building…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions11/26/0143
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