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Former Garage Site And Allotment Gardens Fleet Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XN

13/15/0518PFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 December 2015

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full: Change of use of land to a community garden and erection of a community building, polytunnels, 2m fencing, raised beds and other associated development.

Received
27 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Garage Site And Allotment Gardens Fleet Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XN. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Pendle's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,401 applications in total for the BB9 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Pendle Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB9 7XN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2015
Target decision date
22 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bob Watts Building Nova Scotia Wharf 193 Bolton Road Blackburn Lancashire BB2 3GE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (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.

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    30 Sep

    Approval of Details Reserved by Condition: Discharge Condition 3 of Planning Permission 13/15/0518P

    Conditions Partially DischargedDischarge of conditions16/0668/CND
  2. 2015
    27 Oct

    Full: Change of use of land to a community garden and erection of a community building, polytunnels, 2m…

    This applicationApprovedFull13/15/0518P

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