Famous Lancashire statue to be re-sited in town centre after 10 years in storage
A well-known Lancashire statue could soon be re-installed after being in storage for 10 years.
The Unknown Shopper statue was originally installed at the junction of Curzon Street and St James’s Street, Burnley, in 1994 after being commissioned by the Market Charter Steering Group to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the granting of the Market Charter by King Edward I. It was removed in 2016 as part of town centre public realm improvement works and has been kept in storage since.
Now plans have been tabled by Burnley Borough Council to re-site it on an elevated level plinth on a grassed area at the junction of Bankfield/Curzon Street/Parker Street. The proposed site was converted into a grassed public open space in 2018, following the demolition of the vehicular ramp serving the market.
The statue is approximately 1.8m high and it is proposed to install it on a 1.2m wide square plinth, that will be a maximum of 1m high from ground level. The site is a public open space owned by Burnley Borough Council and will continue to be managed by the Council’s Green Spaces team.
Other new applications verfied in East Lancashire last week:
Proposed change of use from Use Class C3 "dwellinghouse" to Use Class C2 "care home" for up to three children and two members of staff at any one time at 4 Moore Avenue, Blackburn.
- Use of two-storey Assisted Living Apartments on land off Eleanor Street, Blackburn, for Use Class C2 "children's care" for up to four young people and up to eight staff at any one time
- Change of use from Adult residential care home (Use Class C2) to Children's residential care home (Use Class C2) for Dixon House, 17A Gorse Road, Blackburn.
- Demolition of vacant mill building at Lorne Street Works, Lorne Street, Darwen.
- Erection of a new detached dwelling at Marton House, 31 West Street, Padiham.
- Proposed Lawful Development Certificate: Change of use from Dwellinghouse (C3) to registered Childrens Home(C2) at 1 The Mount, Church Street, Stacksteads.
- Demolition of existing bungalow, replacement two storey dwelling on same footprint and associated works at 365 Haslingden Old Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale.
- Conversion of existing derelict mill to form one dwelling with associated parking and garden areas at Dotcliffe Mill, Dotcliffe Road, Kelbrook.
- Demolition of existing dwelling; erection of three dwellings with associated garages including altered vehicular access and the provision of six parking spaces at Brampton House, 500 Colne Road, Brierfield.
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