Merc Engineering Ltd Unit C Lower Clough Mill Pendle Street Barrowford Nelson Lancashire BB9 8PH
Approved on 4 August 2022
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee
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Proposal
Full: Change of use of the ground floor of Unit C from storage to a fitness studio and installation of a glazed screen.
- Received
- 30 March 2022
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 22
- Council
- Pendle Borough Council
- Ward
- Barrowford & Pendleside
- Agent
- Compete Advance Ltd
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Jun
- Consult.Consultation30 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided4 Aug
Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Merc Engineering Ltd Unit C Lower Clough Mill Pendle Street Barrowford Nelson Lancashire BB9 8PH. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 11 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Barrowford & Pendleside. 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 8PH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barrowford Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 June 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 14 July 2022
- Consultation start
- 9 June 2022
- Consultation end
- 30 June 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 June 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 July 2022
- Last date for comments
- 14 July 2022
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2022
- Permission expires
- 4 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Compete Advance Ltd
- Architect profile
- COMPETE ADVANCE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Compete Advance Ltd 69 Wheatley Lane Road Barrowford Nelson Lancashire BB9 6QW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11157993
- Documents
- 77
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
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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