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Rear of 7 - 17 Dutton Street, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 1JR

11/26/0151Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 25 June 2026

1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Full: Proposed Change of Use of Warehouse (Use Class B8) into 5No. Residential Apartments (Use Class C3)

Received
6 May 2026
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Rear of 7 - 17 Dutton Street, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 1JR. Hyndburn has handled 841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would provide unacceptable living conditions for future occupants. It conflicts with Policy ENV7 of the Hyndburn Core Strategy, policies DM29 and DM32 of the Hyndburn Development Management Development Plan Document and Policy SP20 of the Hyndburn 2040: Local Plan (Strategic Policies and Site Allocations).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB5 1JR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2026
Consultation expiry
27 May 2026
Consultation start
6 May 2026
Consultation end
27 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Aqib Saghir

Publicity

Site notice start
6 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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