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BBC News
24-02-2025
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Darwen library outbuildings to be demolished in £6m town revamp
Decaying buildings at the back of a Grade-II listed library, which are a potential magnet for anti-social behaviour, can now be cleared as the first stage of a major with Darwen Council planning committee has granted planning permission and listed building consent for the work behind Darwen work at the 117-year-old Lancashire building is part of a £6.64m regeneration of the town centre and market hall and will prepare the way for future major improvement works to the library and associated planning spokesman Paul Marrow said: "This will be a major improvement to a real asset to the borough." Committee chairman and Darwen West Labour councillor Dave Smith also welcomed the this month the authority's executive board approved the scrapping of plans for a golf academy and 50 flats in favour of using the £2.5m of Town Deal cash earmarked for the projects on the Darwen Market and Civic Quarter improvements to the Knott Street library complex are a key part of the first phase of that manager Gavin Prescott told councillors the proposals involve the demolition of a single-storey detached outbuilding and small brick outrigger attached to the Library said: "The proposals comprise of enabling works and are required to facilitate a larger development to revamp the Library Theatre, which will be the subject of future applications and bring about a multitude of public benefits."The larger building was originally constructed for use as an electricity substation."No specific planning records exist for construction of the substation or small brick outrigger, which appears to have also been used for storage."The larger building appears to have been constructed in the 1960s with the smaller building appearing older."Given the style of the buildings, their loss would not lead to any adverse visual amenity complications." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
17-02-2025
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Blackburn with Darwen Council expected to back demolition plans
Councillors are set to approve the demolition of decaying buildings behind a historic library and theatre as a part of a town centre regeneration plan. A report submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's planning committee recommended the work, which would see the knocking down of a former electricity substation and storage facility at the back of Darwen plans also involve work to improve the 117-year-old Grade-II listed building's links to the town centre, Market Hall and Town Hall, and forms a key part of the council's planned £6.64m regeneration of the area. The report said the building's revamp would "bring about a multitude of public benefits". The local authority's executive board last week approved the scrapping of plans for a golf academy and 50 £2.5m Town Deal cash will instead be spent on the Darwen Market and Civic Quarter planned improvements to the library complex, on Knott Street, are a key part of that demolition plans are expected to be rubber-stamped on Thursday. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas to
