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29 New Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9BJ

24/0010/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 8 March 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full: Change of use from retail to a family assessment centre (Use Class C2).

Received
9 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Vivary Bridge
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29 New Market Street Colne Lancashire BB8 9BJ. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Albert Road, Colne conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Vivary Bridge. We hold 196 applications in total for the BB8 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
BB8 9BJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Colne Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2024
Consultation expiry
22 February 2024
Consultation start
22 January 2024
Consultation end
12 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2024
Last date for comments
22 February 2024
Target decision date
4 March 2024
Permission expires
8 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40-42 Carr Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7SP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
16 February 2024
Site notice start
1 February 2024
Site notice end
22 February 2024

Appeal history

3351663
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 19 March 2025Dev Type: Minor offices/R&D/light industryReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Albert Road, Colne
  • 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.

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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