Bridge House Corner of Bridge Street/Jubilee Street Blackburn BB1 1EP Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of Bridge House to a Post-16 special education needs (SEN) facility (Use Class F1(a)), alongside a two-storey extension, the provision of an ancillary cafe, solar panels to the roof, car and minibus parking, outdoor recreation space, plant and storage space and landscaping works Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 Sept 2025 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blackburn Planning and Highways Committee on 18 Sept 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposals were acceptable on all relevant planning grounds, subject to conditions.
- Consultation responses included heritage concerns, while no public responses were received.
- The committee approved the application subject to the report’s conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's committee minutes of 18 Sept 2025.
Documents 50
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 16
Plans & drawings 17
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 9
Site constraints 4
Checked on 26 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Blackburn
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- BB1 1EP
- Received
- 5 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 5 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Blackburn Central
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Sept 2025
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- 19 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Planning and Highways Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Cassidy & Ashton Group Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 106 days from validation, 51 days slower than Blackburn's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 18 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Sept 2025
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Blackburn is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #90 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
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