Land off Broken Stone Road, Blackburn Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0147 - Non-Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material amendment pursuant to planning application 'Approval of the matters reserved by the Outline (Hybrid) planning permission ref: (Appearance, Landscaping, Scale and Layout) for the erection of 280 dwellings' - handing plots 339, 340, 341, 342 and 349 (Phase 10) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Feb 2026
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Approved
25 Feb 2026

Approved on 25 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 9. DLET NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT Decision Notice View ↗ PDF 9. DLET NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT Decision Notice View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF P2001_SP(90)03-V-Site Layout 7-11 Plan View ↗ PDF P2001_SP(90)04 (6) - Boundary Treatment plan Plan View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Form - Redacted View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Covering letter NMA Phase 10 handed plots 17.02.26 NPD Supporting Documents View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
BB2 5PE
Received
17 Feb 2026
Validated
17 Feb 2026
Ward
Livesey with Pleasington
Parish
Blackburn
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Mar 2026
Decision
PERMITS
Decision date
25 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 Mar 2026
Blackburn
Planning Authority Score
7.2/10
Good
#55 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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