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The Old Library Booth Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7QF

25/0770/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsNelson, Brierfield and Reedley2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full: Installation of 2no. air conditioning units and re-rendering wall to side gable elevation

Received
18 November 2025
Decision level
Nelson, Brierfield and Reedley
Public comments
3
Ward
Bradley
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Library Booth Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 7QF. Pendle has handled 1,312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Pendle's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitefield, Nelson conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Bradley. 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 7QF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nelson Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Consultation expiry
26 December 2025
Consultation start
26 November 2025
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2025
Last date for comments
26 December 2025
Target decision date
22 January 2026
Permission expires
3 February 2029

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2025
Site notice start
27 November 2025
Site notice end
18 December 2025

Appeal history

3367700
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 September 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
25
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whitefield, Nelson
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Nelson Old LibraryOn this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Nov

    Listed Building Consent: Installation of 2no. air conditioning units and re-rendering wall to side gable…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/0780/LBC
  2. 2025
    18 Nov

    Full: Installation of 2no. air conditioning units and re-rendering wall to side gable elevation

    This applicationApprovedFull25/0770/FUL

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