491 Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5ND Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed two storey side and part rear extension, along with single storey element of rear extension Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved in the week of 29 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Oct 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 3
Plans & drawings 4
Application forms 1
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 2
Last sold for £117,000 in March 2017. Semi-detached house, 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 2016, 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
- BB2 5ND
- Received
- week of 30 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 1 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Livesey with Pleasington
- Parish
- Blackburn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Sept 2025
- Decision
- PERMITS
- Decision date
- week of 29 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- SPA
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 30 Sept 2025
Historical activity at this location
8 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.
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