Unit 1, Harwood Street Blackburn BB1 3BD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use to form a dark kitchen (sui generis) including food preparation/cooking areas with no customer access and installation of extraction flue Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 Dec 2025 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 3 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blackburn Planning and Highways Committee on 18 Dec 2025.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposal was acceptable subject to conditions controlling wholesale use, cooking odours and fan noise.
- Public Health objected because it considered the proposal contrary to restrictions on hot food takeaways; Public Protection raised no objection.
- The committee approved the application subject to the conditions in the Director’s Report.
Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's committee minutes of 18 Dec 2025.
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 1
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Important details
- Council
- Blackburn
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- BB1 3BD
- Received
- week of 13 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 17 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Audley & Queens Park
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Planning and Highways Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 63 days from validation, 8 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 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Dec 2025
Historical activity at this location
9 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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