The View, 1, CUCKOLDMANS FARM Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PP Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0707 - Full Planning Application Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Proposed single storey rear extension and detached garage Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Validated
27 Aug 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 30 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Public footpath 13 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 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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.
SSSI 81 m away: West Pennine Moors SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. 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
Full Planning Application
Postcode
BB3 3PP
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
West Pennine
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Oct 2026
Decision
PERMITS
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Blaithwaite Developments Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 13 days faster than Blackburn's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 99% of extensions here are.

70%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
402decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
22 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Withdrawn
Land off Roman Road Darwen BB3 3PP
Erection of one dwelling
10/24/0118
2019 Approved
Hillock Farm Roman Road Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3PP
Proposed barn conversion to dwellinghouse and alterations to elevations
10/19/0872
2019 Withdrawn
Higher Aushaw Farm Roman Road Eccleshill Darwen BB3 3PP
Demolition of existing integrated garage, porch and conservatory to be replaced with a tw…
10/19/0237
2018 Refused
Hillock Farm Roman Road Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3PP
Proposed barn conversion to dwellinghouse and alterations to elevations
10/18/0269
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