LITTLE EDGE FARM Broadhead Road, Edgworth, Bolton, Blackburn With Darwen, BL7 0JG Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0814 - Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material Amendment Pending Consideration
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of Condition No.3 "20 year permission and decommissioning of the site" pursuant to planning application " Erection of Small Wind Turbine on land adjacent to Little Edge Farm" to allow for operation for a further 20 years Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Sept 2026
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Validated
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 18 Nov 2026.

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF 10/07/0474 Decision Notice Supporting Documents · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning Statement Supporting Documents · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF App Form NPD Application Form - Redacted · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF System Spec Supporting Documents · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
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) agrees.
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
SSSI about 384 m away: West Pennine Moors SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 September 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 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
Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material Amendment
Postcode
BL7 0JG
Received
15 Sept 2026
Validated
23 Sept 2026
Ward
West Pennine
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Stanley Farm Broadhead Road Turton Bolton BL7 0JG
Construction of external porch
10/20/0674
2016 Approved
Stanley Farm Broadhead Road Turton Bolton BL7 0JG
Demolition of existing single 'lean-to' extension, and construction of new 2 storey exten…
10/16/0685/NEW
2016 Approved
Stanley Farm Broadhead Road Turton Bolton BL7 0JG
Demolition of existing single 'lean-to' extension, and construction of new 2 storey exten…
10/16/0685
2016 Approved
Stanley Farm Broadhead Road Turton Bolton BL7 0JG
Construction of new stable block / field shelter and new riding paddock, with low level p…
10/16/0731
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
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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