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1 Arnold Close, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 3AJ
Two storey rear extension
62 School Lane, Guide, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB1 2LW
Erection of double storey extension to side with single storey extension to rear
Land adjacent to 168 Lammack Road Blackburn
Erection of detached 2.5 storey dwelling and associated car parking with all matters reserved.
ALEXANDRA HOTEL, 29 Dukes Brow, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 6EX
Change of use of the upper floors to provide 4No. self contained apartments (Use Class C3) and reduction in the bowling green area to create vehicle access and parking area off Cranborne Terrace
Land at Bank Hey Farm Heys Lane Blackburn
Non material amendment pursuant to planning application 10/25/0979 ' Variation of Condition Nos. 2 (approved drawings), 4 (materials), 5 (boundary treatments), 6 (finished floor levels and external ga
Langcrete Nw Ltd, UNIT 2 Garden Street, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 1TY
Discharge Condition No. 23 "foul and surface water drainage strategy" pursuant to planning application 10/24/0239 "Erection of industrial unit(s) (Use Class B2) with storage yards (Use Class B8) and e
Bargain Basket Daisy Lane, Blackburn, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB1 5HB
Installation of an ATM machine
Bargain Basket Daisy Lane, Blackburn, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB1 5HB
Installation of 1no. illuminated ATM surround sign and 1no. illuminated logo panel
Land at Bank Hey View off Heys Lane Blackburn
Discharge Condition Nos 3 "materials", 4 "boundary treatment", 5 "contamination", 6 "remediation report", 8 "construction environmental management plan", 11 "drainage scheme", 17 "bird and bat boxes s
MADDIE ROSE NOOK Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PP
House sign
125 Whinney Lane, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 7BX
Proposed two storey side and rear extension with part single storey rear extension and conversion of hipped roof profile into gable roof
Lower Whitehalgh Farm Stockclough Lane Blackburn BB2 5JR
Proposed change of use from an agricultural barn to four dwellings (C3) with associated building works
54 Preston New Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 6BG
Discharge Condition Nos 3 "construction method statement " and 5 "foul and surface water drainage scheme" pursuant to planning application 10/24/0316 " Alteration of partially constructed building to
GARAGE REAR Hope Street, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 1DY
Retention of single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), together with rear dormer, external alterations and associated external works (retrospective)
3 Kings Drive, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3RB
Proposed conversion of existing garage into 'granny flat' with raised roof height and side dormers
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When Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, raw rate
22.1%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.2%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
8.1 percentage points below expected. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
167 appeals counted, 154 judged either way (34 allowed, 120 dismissed), 13 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Householder (HAS) | 69 | 65 | 15 | 23.1% | 35.6% |
| Planning Appeal | 59 | 58 | 14 | 24.1% | 28.8% |
| Enforcement Notice | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6.3% | 13.5% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 4 | 4 | 0 | Too few judged | 20.6% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 3 | 3 | 2 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | Too few judged | 33.3% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 3 | 3 | 2 | Too few judged | 36.9% |
| Environmental | 2 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | 2 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| Common Land | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | Not published |
| High Hedges | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 28.5% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 25% |
| Rights of Way Modifications | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | 100% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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