Sangara Cottage Sandy Lane Lower Darwen BB3 0PU Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0407 - Application to undertake works to protected trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
29 Apr 2026
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Approved
11 May 2026

Approved on 11 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 9. TPO DN - GRANT Decision Notice View ↗ PDF 9. TPO DN - GRANT Decision Notice View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Tree Location Plan View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Form - Redacted View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Tree Removal Report Supporting Documents View ↗ PDF TPO Boundary Map Supporting Documents View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Local nature reserve about 167 m away: River Darwen Parkway
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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; Inside the Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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
Application to undertake works to protected trees
Postcode
BB3 0PU
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Blackburn South & Lower Darwen
Parish
Blackburn
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jun 2026
Decision
GRANT
Decision date
11 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Atomick solution

How this decision compares

Decided in 12 days from validation, about the council's usual 11 days. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
103decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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10/21/0185
2021 Approved
Uncle Jacks Branch Road Lower Darwen Blackburn BB3 0PQ
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10/21/0028
2020 Approved
Verge of Branch Road at the end of Cross Street Opposite Munchies Takeaway Blackburn
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10/20/0687
2020 Approved
Sangara Drive Lower Darwen Blackburn BB3 0PU
Felling of 5 trees - T3 Ash ; T5 Sycamore ; T6 Ash ; T8 Ash ; T16 Poplar
10/20/0542
2020 Approved
Sangara Cottage Off Sandy Lane Lower Darwen Blackburn BB3 0PU
Removal of 3 Horse Chestnuts
10/20/0407
2020 Withdrawn
Sangara Cottage Sandy Lane Lower Darwen Blackburn BB3 0PU
ALL TREES ON THE MAP FOR LOWER DARWEN A3 ON SANGARA DRIVE PARTICULARLY THE TREES OVERLOOK…
10/20/0128
2019 Decided
All Trees on Sangara Drive BB3 0PU
Remove or Lopp/Top T1-T18
10/19/0285
2019 Approved
Crossfield House Sandy Lane Lower Darwen BB3 0PU
Extension of existing garage and new boundary wall and driveway gates front
10/19/0091
2018 Approved
Sangara Cottage off Sandy Lane Lower Darwen Blackburn In Front of House and on Drive
Felling of 1 Ash tree & 1 Chestnut. Crown reduction away from property on 4 chestnuts.
10/18/0113
2016 Approved
Earcroft Farm Sandy Lane Lower Darwen BB3 0PL
Telecommunications installation upgrade
10/16/0298
2016 Approved
Earcroft Farm Sandy Lane Lower Darwen BB3 0PL
Telecommunications installation upgrade
10/16/0298/NEW
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