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Nelson Furniture Warehouse Cooper Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7XW

24/0402/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 August 2024

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full: Change of use from a Community Centre (Use Class F2(b)) to a Childrens Nursery (Use Class E(f)).

Received
19 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bradley
Agent
Sheila Wright Planning Ltd
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 54 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 54 days, 5 days 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
19 June 2024
Consultation expiry
11 July 2024
Consultation start
20 June 2024
Consultation end
11 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2024
Last date for comments
11 July 2024
Target decision date
31 July 2024
Permission expires
12 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sheila Wright Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Studio 61 Rosemont Road Liverpool L17 6BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13169751
Documents
14
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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