253 Bolton Road Darwen BB3 2PG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of part lower ground floor into a self-contained residential apartment Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 20 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 5
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £100,000 in April 2016. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2021, 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
- Prior Approval - Commercial/Business/Service to Dwellinghouses
- Postcode
- BB3 2PG
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 19 May 2026
- Ward
- Darwen South
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval is refused
- Decision date
- 20 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 93 days from validation, 38 days slower than Blackburn's median of 55 for changes of use. Refused, as 21% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
11 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
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