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Proposal
Variation of S106 Legal Agreement dated 20th August 2021, pursuant to planning application 'Erection of 343 dwellings with associated works including car parking, landscaping and open space' to re-allocate the contributions secured for the education provision for additional places at St Peter's C of E Primary School to be spent on additional primary school places in the Darwen school planning area and/or additional secondary school places in the borough and/or additional Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) places in the borough.. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved in the week of 1 Jun 2026 · Planning and Highways Committee · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blackburn Planning and Highways Committee on 19 Feb 2026.
Approved
- Officers advised approving the change because education demand could arise across Darwen, borough secondary schools and SEND provision.
- Education officers described increased demand for specialist places, while no public consultation comments were received.
- The committee approved the variation of the existing Section 106 Agreement.
Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's committee minutes of 19 Feb 2026.
Documents 4
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 2
Associated applications 4
Part of
- VariationVariation of S106 Legal Agreement dated 20th August 2021This application10/26/0001
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Site constraints 3
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Important details
- Council
- Blackburn
- Application type
- Variation of Legal Agreement/S106
- Postcode
- BB3 3ED
- Received
- week of 15 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Darwen East
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Feb 2026
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- week of 1 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Planning and Highways Committee
- Applicant
- Show
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 19 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Feb 2026
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4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Referenced application
Council archive
Land at Ellison Fold Way Darwen BB3 3ED
Erection of 343 dwellings with associated works including car parking, landscaping and open space
- Received
- 5 Feb 2021
- Decided
- 5 Jul 2021
- Outcome
- Approved
- Homes
- 343