Kiln Bank Farm Weasel Lane Tockholes Darwen Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0124 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Demolish the existing stables (4no buildings) and erection of self-build detached dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 03:59

Application progress

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Received

13 Feb 2026

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Validated

3 Mar 2026

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Approved

30 Apr 2026

Approved on 30 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 15

Site constraints 6

Green belt: Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Public bridleway about 0 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very 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), 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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: Full Planning Application
Postcode: BB3 0NQ
Received: 13 Feb 2026
Validated: 3 Mar 2026
Ward: Darwen West
Parish: Blackburn
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 1 May 2026
Decision: PERMITS
Decision date: 30 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Holden Lancashire Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, 6 days slower than Blackburn's median of 52 for demolitions. Approved, as 98% of demolitions here are.

This one58d

Council52d

UK56d

55%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

9%go to committee

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 1 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved

Moorside Farm Weasel Lane Tockholes Darwen BB3 0NJ

Single storey side extension to dwelling and demolition of existing garage and erection o…

10/18/0993 29 Nov 2018

2018 Approved

Moorside Farm Weasel Lane Tockholes DARWEN BB3 0NJ

Demolition of existing wooden sheds and replace with 2 No. 2m x 2m chicken coops on concr…

10/18/0157 30 Apr 2018

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

Kiln Bank Farm Weasel Lane Tockholes Darwen Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 15

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 1