Land at Whalley Old Road (located to the East of the existing bus turning area), and directly serving the new…Land at Whalley Old Road (located to the East of the existing bus turning area), and directly serving the new Vistry/Bovis housing development (currently under phased construction) Blackburn Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
The construction of a new 4-arm roundabout - the Eastern and Western arms will re-align the existing Whalley Old Road, the Northern arm will serve the future North East Blackburn Development and the Southern arm will serve the adjacent housing site which is currently under construction - and widening and drainage works to the existing access road to the north of Whalley Old Road Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
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
- Certificate of Lawfulness [Proposed]
- Postcode
- BB1 5FL
- Received
- 3 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Little Harwood & Whitebirk
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Aug 2026
- Decision
- GRANT
- Decision date
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- WSPUK
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 20 days faster than Blackburn's median of 64 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 98% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Aug 2026
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.
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Land at Whalley Old Road (located to the East of the existing bus turning area), and directly serving the new Vistry/Bovis housing development (currently under phased construction) Blackburn
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