Meadowcroft Farm, Bury Road, Turton BL7 0BS Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0670 - Application to undertake works to protected trees Approved
Trees & landscapingUtility infrastructure

Proposal

To provide 0.5m clearance to a mature sycamore tree from new installation of BT Openreach cable - Turton Bottom TPO 1991 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2026
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Approved
4 Aug 2026

Approved on 4 Aug 2026 · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF 9.TPO DN - GRANT Decision Notice · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Statement of reasons for work Supporting Documents · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Location Plan · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Form - Redacted · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Photo Sheet Supporting Documents · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 3.
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.

Building

Floor area221 m² (2,379 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (59 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Blackburn
Application type
Application to undertake works to protected trees
Postcode
BL7 0BS
Received
23 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
GRANT
Decision date
4 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show

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
17 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Variation of Condition No.2 "approved drawings" pursuant to planning application 10/23/03…
10/25/0682
2023 Approved
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Conversion of agricultural building to holiday accommodation, external alterations to bui…
10/23/0380
2022 Withdrawn
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Conversion of agricultural building to dwelling C3
10/22/1221
2021 Approved
Lower Pelton Barn Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Single Storey LHS Gable Extension
10/21/0560
2020 Approved
Pelton Fold Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Single storey extension to existing dwelling to create garden room
10/20/0048
2019 Withdrawn
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Sub division of dwelling into 2 Cottages with extensions
10/19/0837
2019 Withdrawn
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
Sub division of dwelling into 2 Cottages with extensions
10/19/0844
2018 Approved
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BS
New track and access onto Bury Road (retrospective)
10/18/1058
2017 Approved
Meadowcroft Barn Bury Road Edgworth BOLTON BL7 0BS
Change of use from equestrian (sui generis) to bed and breakfast (C1) to be used in conne…
10/17/1137
2016 Approved
Meadowcroft Barn Bury Road Edgworth BL7 0BS
Discharge condition 3, 4 & 5 of 10/15/0011
10/16/0708/NEW
2016 Approved
Meadowcroft Barn Bury Road Edgworth BL7 0BS
Discharge condition 3, 4 & 5 of 10/15/0011
10/16/0708
2016 Approved
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth BL7 0BJ
Discharge conditions 1, 2, 3 and 4 on planning application 10/15/0908
10/16/0084/NEW
2016 Approved
Meadowcroft Farm Bury Road Edgworth BL7 0BJ
Discharge conditions 1, 2, 3 and 4 on planning application 10/15/0908
10/16/0084
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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.