Land off Albert Street Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3TQ Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0088 - Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans) and 18 (Landscaping Scheme), pursuant to planning application 'Erection of 14 dwellings' - to allow for changes to ground levels and roof heights, the repositioning of plots/driveways, changes to garage formations and changes to the associated landscaping works effecting Plots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 together with alterations to the internal road layout Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Feb 2026
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Committee
28 May 2026
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Approved
29 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2026 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Blackburn Planning and Highways Committee on 28 May 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the changes were acceptable for design, neighbours and highways, subject to conditions.
  • Residents objected to increased heights, privacy and visual impacts, construction disruption, parking and retrospective approval.
  • The committee approved the application subject to the conditions in the Directors Report.
Read how the committee decided The proposed changes, site history, officers’ assessment, objections and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's committee minutes of 28 May 2026.

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF Committee Report Officer Report View ↗ PDF 9. DECISION NOTICE PERMITS Decision Notice View ↗ PDF 9. DECISION NOTICE PERMITS Decision Notice View ↗

Plans & drawings 7

PDF Site Layout -PL-01-J Plan View ↗ PDF Site Layout - Comparison Plan COMP-01 Plan View ↗ PDF Site Cross Sections (CS-01) Plan View ↗ PDF Site Cross Sections (CS-02) Plan View ↗ PDF Cad layout Rev L-LANDSCAPING-ls-001-C Plan View ↗ PDF (Car Parking) CMP-01-A Plan View ↗ PDF Additional plan - Site Cross Sections Additional Information View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form NPD Application Form - Redacted View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Additional Street Scenes Additional Information View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 27 m away: Hoddlesden; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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
Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material Amendment
Postcode
BB3 3TQ
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
2 Feb 2026
Ward
West Pennine
Parish
Blackburn
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Jun 2026
Decision
PERMITS
Decision date
29 May 2026
Decision level
Planning and Highways Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
MCK Associates Limited

Consultation & key dates

Committee
28 May 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Approved
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10/21/1074
2019 Approved
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10/19/0575
2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Withdrawn
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10/17/0940
Blackburn
Planning Authority Score
7.2/10
Good
#55 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Blackburn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #7 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #10 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #90 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #147 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
40 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
56 decided
519
Total decisions
23 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings