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Proposal
Variation of Condition No.2 'approved drawings' pursuant to planning application 'Erection of a new Lidl foodstore (Use Class E(a)) with associated car parking and landscaping' - reduce length of glazed elevation of building by 2m; main entrance doors moved to glazed elevation; reposition building 1m to the north to allow for pedestrian crossing to line in front of the entrance; delivery ramp moved along; south parking area move up by 3m following the store; south retaining wall moved north by 3m; 6 car parking spaces lost following the slight increase in footprint of store building; increase in GIA from 2,174sqm to 2,203sqm and minor alterations to internal floorspace areas, including a reduction in sales area of 65sqm from 1,457sqm to 1,392sqm. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved in the week of 13 Apr 2026 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 5 Oct 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 1
Associated applications 5
- VariationVariation of Condition No.2 'approved drawings' - reduce length of glazed elevation…This application10/26/0123
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Site constraints 6
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Important details
- Council
- Blackburn
- Application type
- Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material Amendment
- Postcode
- BB3 1DF
- Received
- week of 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 13 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Darwen West
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 15 May 2026
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- week of 13 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Planning and Highways Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Rapleys LLP
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 16 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 15 May 2026
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Council archive
Former Belgrave Mill Bolton Road Darwen
Erection of a new Lidl foodstore (Use Class E(a)) with associated car parking and landscaping
- Received
- 15 Dec 2023
- Decided
- 20 Sep 2024
- Outcome
- Approved