2 A Blackburn Road,Great Harwood,Lancashire,BB6 7DE Data via plota.co.uk

11/26/0320 - Advertisement Consent Refused
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Proposal

Advertisement Consent: Installation of a LED-illuminated commercial digital display screen read more Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
13 Jul 2026
✓
Validated
16 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
4 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 4 Sept 2026 · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION Decision notice · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Heritage Statutory Consultee Response · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF Proposed and Existing Elevations CAD Drawing · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan OS Extract · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Elevations - 2626 CAD Drawing · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Redacted Application Form · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF LCC Highways Statutory Consultee Response · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Officer's Report Officer's Report - final · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Constraints & History 11-26-0320 Background Papers · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent Wellington Hotel
List entry 1072706 · 4 m from the pin · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Great Harwood conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
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Also on the record
Inside the Great Harwood built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Hyndburn
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
BB6 7DE
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
16 Jul 2026
Case officer
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Decision
REFUSED
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 4 days faster than Hyndburn's median of 54 for advertisement consent. Refused, as 13% of advertisement consent here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
5,824decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jul 2026
Comments by
6 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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2022
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2022
60 Blackburn Road Great Harwood BB6 7DE
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2019 Approved
70 Lomax Street Great Harwood BB6 7DJ
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2018 Approved
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Former Grand Club Blackburn Road Great Harwood
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2017 Approved
Former the Lomax Arms Hotel Blackburn Road GREAT HARWOOD BB6 7DZ
Discharge of Conditions 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 of 11/16/0089
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2017 Refused
8 Commercial Road GREAT HARWOOD BB6 7HX
Advert: Display of illuminated mid level fascia sign
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2017 Refused
8 Commercial Road GREAT HARWOOD BB6 7HX
Advert: Display of illuminated mid level fascia sign
11/17/0426
2017 Approved
18 Blackburn Road Great Harwood BB6 7DE
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11/17/0107
2017 Approved
18 Blackburn Road Great Harwood BB6 7DE
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2017
72 BLACKBURN ROAD GREAT HARWOOD BB6 7DE
CERTIFICATE OF LAWFUL USE EXISTING: USE OF GROUND FLOOR AS A HOT FOOD TAKE-AWAY (A5)
11/17/0001
2017
72 BLACKBURN ROAD GREAT HARWOOD BB6 7DE
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Hyndburn
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#257 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

Hyndburn ranks #163 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Hyndburn is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 78% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 78% approved vs 90% nationally
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Hyndburn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #279 of 296
78%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #288 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #163 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #225 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
6 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
43 decided
277
Total decisions
64 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings