13 Duckworth Street, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 1AR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of Public House (Sui Generis) to a nail salon (Class E) (c)(iii) and 2 retail shops (Class E (a)) with new shop fronts. Conversion of the first floor to 4 self-contained residential flats (C3) and first floor rear extension and installation of window to first floor rear elevation Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026
Documents 21
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Other documents 3
Site constraints 4
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 3
Last sold for £150,000 in December 2024. 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 May 2014, 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
- Full Planning Application
- Postcode
- BB3 1AR
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Darwen East
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Sept 2026
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- 9 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Aaase Consultants Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 43 days from validation, 12 days faster than Blackburn's median of 55 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% 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
- 22 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
5 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.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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