Unit 1 Hollin Bank Works Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7SJ
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Full: Change of use of existing industrial storage unit (B8) of Unit 1 to Car Sales/Car Showroom (Sui Generis).
- Received
- 27 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Pendle Borough Council
- Ward
- Whitefield & Walverden
- Agent
- Avalon Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Sep
- ValidatedValidated30 Sep
- Consult.Consultation23 Oct
- TargetTarget Date11 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1 Hollin Bank Works Manchester Road Nelson Lancashire BB9 7SJ. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Sleaford conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Whitefield & Walverden. 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 7SJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Nelson Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 23 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Avalon Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- Suite 2J, Ribble Court, 1 Mead Way Shuttleworth Mead Business Park Padiham BURNLEY BB127NG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14344644
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Pendle
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