Nelson Furniture Warehouse Cooper Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XW
Approved on 7 November 2018
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
Full: Change of use of retail warehouse (User Class A1) to community facility (Use Class D1/D2).
- Received
- 16 July 2018
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Pendle Borough Council
- Ward
- Bradley
- ReceivedReceived16 Jul
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date25 Sep
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 85 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Nelson Furniture Warehouse Cooper Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XW. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Bradley. We hold 1,403 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 7XW
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Nelson Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 August 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 13 September 2018
- Consultation start
- 22 August 2018
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 August 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 September 2018
- Last date for comments
- 13 September 2018
- Target decision date
- 25 September 2018
- Committee meeting
- 5 November 2018
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Community Lighthouse Foundation
- Agent address
- Community Lighthouse Foundation The Old Gatehouse 544 Colne Road Reedley Burnley Lancashire BB10 2LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Nelson Discount Furniture, Cooper Street, NelsonRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Pendle
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