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23 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7JD

22/0681/RTDPrior App COU A1, A2, A5 some SG to C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 December 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Notification: Change of use of first floor from offices (Use Class E) to 3 no. residential flats (Use Class C3).

Received
10 October 2022
Public comments
1
Ward
Bradley
Agent
AvalonTownPlanning Ltd
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target23 Nov
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 23 Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7JD. Pendle has handled 142 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Bradley. We hold 1,402 applications in total for the BB9 postcode area.

86% 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 7JD
Application type
Prior App COU A1, A2, A5 some SG to C3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nelson Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2022
Consultation expiry
9 November 2022
Consultation start
19 October 2022
Consultation end
9 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
19 October 2022
Neighbour consultation end
9 November 2022
Last date for comments
9 November 2022
Target decision date
23 November 2022
Permission expires
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
AvalonTownPlanning Ltd
Agent address
AvalonTownPlanning Ltd Unit 4A Ribble Court 1 Mead Way Shuttleworth Mead Business Park Padiham Lancashire BB12 7NG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11601087
Documents
16
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 28-34 Manchester Road, 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.

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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