DRUMMER STOOPS COTTAGE Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PR Data via plota.co.uk

10/26/0815 - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and construction of new garage to match previously approved scheme (ref 10/26/0306) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 08:46

Application progress

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Received

17 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 12 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 4 Nov 2026 and 23 Nov 2026, from Blackburn's recent demolitions.

Documents 3

Associated applications 2

Part of

Full14 May 202610/26/0306
Proposed rear extension to garage, raising roof with insertion of dormer window, external finish with stone reclaimed…
- FullDemolition of existing garage and construction of new garage to match previously approved schemeThis application17 Sep 202610/26/0815

Site constraints 6

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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Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

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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) agrees.

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 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; SSSI about 436 m away: West Pennine Moors SSSI.

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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Other new applications on this street

18 Aug 2026Pending

MADDIE ROSE NOOK Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PP

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13 Aug 2026Pending

12 - 12a, TEMPLE Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PS

Demolition of existing garage and shed, roof lift to incorporate part single, pa...

10/26/0725

7 Aug 2026Approved

The View, 1, CUCKOLDMANS FARM Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PP

Proposed single storey rear extension and detached garage

10/26/0707

3 Aug 2026Approved

BROCKLEHEAD FARM Roman Road, Eccleshill, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PJ

New agricultural storage building

10/26/0694

Nearby new applications

18 Aug 2026Pending

MADDIE ROSE NOOK Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PP

House sign

10/26/0735

13 Aug 2026Pending

12 - 12a, TEMPLE Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PS

Demolition of existing garage and shed, roof lift to incorporate part single, pa...

10/26/0725

7 Aug 2026Approved

The View, 1, CUCKOLDMANS FARM Roman Road, Hoddlesden, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3PP

Proposed single storey rear extension and detached garage

10/26/0707

Important details

Council: Blackburn
Application type: Full Planning Application
Postcode: BB3 3PR
Received: 17 Sept 2026
Validated: 17 Sept 2026
Ward: West Pennine
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Holden Lancashire Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 22 of the 56-day target. Blackburn usually decides demolitions by day 52.

prediction

Day 2234 days to the 56-day target

55%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

9%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 12 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

7 Drummer Stoops Cottage Roman Road Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3PR

Proposed two storey rear extension

10/22/0424 11 Oct 2022

2019 Approved

Old Temple House Roman Road Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3PP

Two storey side extension

10/19/0177 17 May 2019

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