7 No. Garages at Billinge View off Tower Road / Preston Old Road Blackburn Pleasington BB2 5LE Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0366 - Prior Approval - Demolition Approved

Proposal

Demolition of 7no. garages Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2026
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Validated
20 May 2026
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Approved
9 Jun 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen) built-up area; Green belt about 23 m away: Merseyside and Greater Manchester; Priority habitat about 23 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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.

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Important details

Council
Blackburn
Application type
Prior Approval - Demolition
Postcode
BB2 5LE
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Livesey with Pleasington
Parish
Blackburn
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Jun 2026
Decision
Prior Approval is not required
Decision date
9 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
DSR Demolition Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 20 days from validation, 32 days faster than Blackburn's median of 52 for demolitions. Approved, as 98% of demolitions here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
9%go to committee

Plota live figures for demolitions decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 Jun 2026
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