Tarmac opposite Old Bowling Hut Queens Park Queens Road Blackburn BB1 1QF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
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Application progress
Approved in the week of 16 Feb 2026 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blackburn Planning and Highways Committee on 19 Feb 2026.
Approved
- Officers advised approval because the heritage harm would be offset by public benefits, subject to conditions.
- The heritage adviser identified low-level less than substantial harm, while no public comments were received.
- The committee approved the application subject to the conditions in the directors’ report.
Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's committee minutes of 19 Feb 2026.
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 18 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
- Listed Building Application
- Postcode
- BB1 1QF
- Received
- week of 29 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 29 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Audley & Queens Park
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Feb 2026
- Decision
- CONSENT
- Decision date
- week of 16 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Planning and Highways Committee
- Applicant
- Show
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 19 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 23 Feb 2026
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15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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