Land at Vale Rock Mill Johnson New Road Hoddlesden BB3 3NT Data via plota.co.uk

10/25/0875 - Non-Material Amendment Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Non-material amendment pursuant to planning application 'Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 7 dwellings and associated landscaping' - substitute house types and positioning of Plots 73, 74 and 75; Plot 73 substitute Forge 4 for a Byre 5 house type; Plot 74 substitute Byre 4 for a Haybarn 4 house type; Plot 75 substitute Byre 5 for a Byre 4 house type; move garage to Plot 76 away from boundary Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
week of 11 Aug 2025
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Validated
15 Aug 2025
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Approved
week of 15 Sept 2025

Approved in the week of 15 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

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Application forms 1

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Associated applications 5

Site constraints 6

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 Enhancement Zone 1
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 ↗
Public footpath about 26 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.
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Green belt about 9 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
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
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
BB3 3NT
Received
week of 11 Aug 2025
Validated
15 Aug 2025
Ward
West Pennine
Parish
Blackburn
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Sept 2025
Decision
PERMITS
Decision date
week of 15 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
12 Sept 2025

Historical activity at this location

28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Discharge Condition Nos 9 "piling scheme on noise and vibration" and 11 "acoustic glazing…
10/25/0281
2025 Approved
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning application 10/22/0772 "Demolition of existin…
10/25/0419
2024 Approved
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning application 10/22/0772 " Demolition of existi…
10/24/1134
2025
Discharge Condition Nos 5 "site investigation report", 18 "mitigation method statement"…
10/25/0024
2024 Approved
Discharge Condition No 27 "archaeological investigation" pursuant to planning application…
10/24/0769
2024 Approved
Discharge Condition Nos 12 "bat licence" and 17 "demolition and construction environmenta…
10/24/0628
2022 Approved
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 7 dwellings and associated landscaping
10/22/0772
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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10/25/0052
2023 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
Variation of Condition No.15: "Upgrading of drainage, sub-surface and surface treatment t…
10/23/0978
2023 Approved
Forrmer Hoddlesden Mill Johnson New Road Hoddlesden Darwen
Discharge Condition Nos 4 "site validation report" and 24 "plot validation" pursuant to p…
10/23/0680
2022 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
Variation of Condition No.2 "approved drawings" pursuant to planning application 10/19/08…
10/22/0964
2022 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen BB3 3PA
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10/22/0973
2022 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
Variation of Condition No.2 "approved drawings" pursuant to planning application 10/21/12…
10/22/0723
2021 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
Variation of Condition No.2 pursuant to planning application 10/19/0807 - 'Residential De…
10/21/1289
2022 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
Variation to S106 Planning Obligation for application 10/19/0807 to allow for minor mater…
10/22/0350
2022 Approved
Former Hoddlesden Mill Johnson New Road Hoddlesden Blackburn with Darwen BB3 3NT
Discharge Condition No.42 "Section 38 details" pursuant to hybrid planning application 10…
10/22/0860
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Vacant Land Adjacent to Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
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2021 Approved
Former Hoddlesden Mill Johnson New Road Hoddlesden
EIA Screening Opinion for residentail development
10/21/0014
2019 Approved
Vacant Land off Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen
Residential Development of 10 No. detached dwellings including access and associated land…
10/19/0807
2019 Approved
Fairview Waterside Terrace Johnson Road Waterside Darwen BB3 3PD
Single storey rear extension
10/19/0865
2019 Approved
1-2 Victoria Buildings Waterside Darwen BB3 3PA
Creation of single dwelling from 2 dwellings including internal and external alterations…
10/19/0378
2018 Approved
9 Leonard Terrace Johnson New Road Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3NT
First floor side extension
10/18/0977
2017 Decided
18 Waterside Terrace Johnson Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PD
Felling of 3 trees, reduction in height and thinning of 4 trees
10/17/1300
2017 Approved
Greenacre Johnson New Road Waterside Hoddlesden BB3 3NS
Proposed side car port/balcony
10/17/0469
2016 Approved
Duke of York House Johnson Road Waterside BB3 3NS
Conversion of outbuilding into granny annex, construction of retaining wall and new store…
10/16/1000
2016 Approved
Duke of York House Johnson Road Waterside BB3 3NS
Conversion of outbuilding into granny annex, construction of retaining wall and new store…
10/16/1000/NEW
2016 Refused
Duke of York House Johnson Road Waterside BB3 3NS
Change of use of grazing land to domestic curtilage, formation of a vehicle turning area…
10/16/0656
2016 Refused
Duke of York House Johnson Road Waterside BB3 3NS
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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