548 Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5NL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from a vacant residential care home (Use Class C2) to an Early years provision with an associated education facility (Use Class F1(a)). Erection of store room / covered play area, replacement 2.2m high boundary fence and creation of new vehicular access with associated works Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved in the week of 13 Jul 2026 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 41
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 20
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 9
Site constraints 5
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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £650,000 in September 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Blackburn
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- BB2 5NL
- Received
- week of 24 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 27 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Livesey with Pleasington
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 20 Jul 2026
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- week of 13 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Planning and Highways Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Storah Architecture
- Freehold owner
- Show
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 16 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 20 Jul 2026
Historical activity at this location
10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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