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57 Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7UY

20/0695/RTDPrior App COU A1, A2, A5 some SG to C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 December 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required (Accept)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Notification (Change of Use): Change of use from first floor retail to two residential apartments (Use Class C3).

Received
15 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Whitefield
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 57 Scotland Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7UY. Pendle has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,403 applications in total for the BB9 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 7UY
Application type
Prior App COU A1, A2, A5 some SG to C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nelson Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2020
Consultation expiry
23 November 2020
Consultation start
28 October 2020
Consultation end
18 November 2020
Neighbour consultation start
2 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2020
Last date for comments
23 November 2020
Target decision date
26 November 2020
Permission expires
10 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lumitekton
Architect profile
LUMITEKTON LTD
Agent address
Lumitekton 275A Upper Brook Street Manchester Greater Manchester M13 0HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09160340
Documents
14
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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: Pendle

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