68 - 70 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire
Approved on 14 December 2016
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
Full: Change of use of no. 68 retail (A1) to hot food takeaway (A5) and insertion of new shopfronts and security shutters to both units
- Received
- 1 August 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Pendle Borough Council
- Ward
- Whitefield
- ReceivedReceived1 Aug
- ValidatedValidated1 Aug
- Consult.Consultation30 Aug
- TargetTarget Date12 Sep
- DecidedDecided14 Dec
Decided in 135 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 68 - 70 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 12 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitefield, Nelson conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Nelson Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 August 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 9 September 2016
- Consultation start
- 9 August 2016
- Consultation end
- 30 August 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 August 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 August 2016
- Last date for comments
- 9 September 2016
- Target decision date
- 12 September 2016
- Committee meeting
- 7 November 2016
- Permission expires
- 14 December 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 August 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 September 2016
- Site notice start
- 16 August 2016
- Site notice end
- 6 September 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whitefield, Nelson
- 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20188 Nov
Advertisement Consent: Erection of three iIlluminated signs - two fascia signs and one projecting sign to…
RefusedAdvertisement consent18/0790/ADV - 201721 Jun
Advertisement Consent: Retain one illuminated fascia sign.
RefusedAdvertisement consent17/0337/ADV - 201620 Dec
Full: Conversion of HMO to 8 self-contained flats and insertion of two window openings to first and second…
ApprovedFull Application16/0813/FUL - 201627 Oct
Advert Consent: Erection of two illuminated fascia signs and 1 illuminated projecting sign (retrosepctive)
RefusedAdvertisement consent16/0721/ADV
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