Accrington Library, St James Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1NQ
Approved on 25 March 2026
Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS2 conditions
Proposal
Listed building Consent: Repair of window and external joinery with the renewal of a side door
- Received
- 13 February 2026
- Council
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- ReceivedReceived13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation6 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Mar
Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for window replacement at Accrington Library, St James Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1NQ. Hyndburn has handled 25 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Hyndburn's typical decision time. The site is in the Accrington Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.
86% of all 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 1NQ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 March 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Dan Rhodes
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Accrington Town Centre
- 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 (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
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