Higher South Manor Barn, Granny Flat At Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0426 - Application to undertake works to protected trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

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Received
5 May 2026
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Approved
14 May 2026

Approved on 14 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF 9. TPO DN - GRANT Decision Notice View ↗ PDF 9. TPO DN - GRANT Decision Notice View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Appendix 4 Location Plan 2 Supporting Documents View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Redacted Application Form - Redacted View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Tree Location Supporting Documents View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Public footpath about 8 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
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
Application to undertake works to protected trees
Postcode
BB3 3PJ
Received
5 May 2026
Validated
5 May 2026
Ward
West Pennine
Parish
Blackburn
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Jun 2026
Decision
GRANT
Decision date
14 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
JDR CONSTRUCTION & Groundwork Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 9 days from validation, about the council's usual 11 days. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
103decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Blackburn in the last twelve months, from validation. Blackburn decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Pottery Barn Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Discharge Condition Nos 4 "boundary treatment details", 5 "desk study", 6 "validation rep…
10/25/0207
2024 Decided
Pottery Barn Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Discharge Condition Nos 3 "materials", 5 "desk study", 6 "validation report", 10 "glazing…
10/24/0917
2023 Refused
Pottery Farm, Pottery Cottage Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Remove 1no sycamore tree (T6) - TPO 2002
10/23/1081
2022 Approved
Land known as 'Pottery Barn' Roman Road Grimshaw Blackburn Eccleshill BB3 3PL
Demolition of four existing buildings and erection of a family dwelling house, including…
10/22/0163
2020 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Discharge Condition No.2 pursuant to planning application 10/17/0532
10/20/1114
2020 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Discharge of condition 3 (obscure glazing to balcony) pursuant to planning application 10…
10/20/1113
2020 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
T1 Sycamore - Crown Raise secondary branches in upto 5.2 m all round. Crown Thin 10% that…
10/20/1115
2017 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill DARWEN BB3 3PJ
Prior notification for erection of an agricultural building
10/17/1071
2017 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Creation of new access into existing field and installation of field gate. (Retrospective)
10/17/0532
2017 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Variation of condition/minor material amendment pursuant to condition 5 of application 10…
10/17/0812
2017 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Dischage Condition No 2 on planning application 10/16/0607
10/17/0696
2017 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill DARWEN BB3 3PJ
Conversion of existing storage outbuilding to form annexe accommodation to main dwellingh…
10/17/0219
2016 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Conversion of existing storage outbuilding to form annexe accommodation to main dwellingh…
10/16/0611
2016 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Removal of existing conservatory and replacement with single-storey side extension and ex…
10/16/0607
2016 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Conversion of existing storage outbuilding to form annexe accommodation to main dwellingh…
10/16/0611/NEW
2016 Approved
Pottery Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
Removal of existing conservatory and replacement with single-storey side extension and ex…
10/16/0607/NEW
2016 Withdrawn
Manor House Farm Cottage Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
New stables and associated storage buildings to replace existing.
10/16/0374
2016 Withdrawn
Manor House Farm Cottage Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PJ
New stables and associated storage buildings to replace existing.
10/16/0374/NEW
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings