Blackburn planning committee decisions

56 decisions from the committee's minutes, 19 Jun 2025 to 20 Aug 2026. Each sets out what was proposed, what officers advised, what was said and how the committee decided.

Every decision followed officer advice

Below the rate across all 346 councils with committee decisions on Plota (11.1%), 162nd highest of 205 councils with at least 15 decisions.

Decisions: 56
Approved: 98.2%
Against officer advice: 0%
Meetings: 12

How Blackburn compares

Share of decisions against officer advice at the 205 councils with at least 15 decisions on Plota. Each dot is a council.

All councils 11.1% Blackburn 0%

0%82%

Where Blackburn ranks, of 205 councils
160	Edinburgh	0%	0 of 131
161	Hillingdon	0%	0 of 65
162	Blackburn	0%	0 of 56
163	Hammersmith and Fulham	0%	0 of 41
164	Manchester	0%	0 of 41

Source: Plota analysis of committee minutes from 346 councils.

More or less favourable than its officers?

Blackburn's committee is in line with its officers. Officers recommended approval in 100% of these decisions; the committee approved 100%.

Officers recommended approval100%

Committee approved100%

Across all 346 councils, committees approve 2.6 points fewer than their officers recommend, and Blackburn is close to that.

Over the 27 decided applications with a clear officer recommendation.

Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's planning committee minutes and officer reports.

What it decides

98.2% approved and 0% refused. Blackburn's minutes do not record vote counts.

7Jun 25

3Jul 25

7Aug 25

4Sep 25

2Oct 25

4Nov 25

6Dec 25

1Jan 26

5Feb 26

3Mar 26

8May 26

6Aug 26

Show as a table

Month	Approved	Other
Jun 25	7	0
Jul 25	3	0
Aug 25	7	0
Sep 25	4	0
Oct 25	2	0
Nov 25	4	0
Dec 25	6	0
Jan 26	1	0
Feb 26	5	0
Mar 26	3	0
May 26	7	1
Aug 26	6	0

Source: Plota analysis of Blackburn's planning committee minutes.

Latest decisions

Newest first. Each links to the full write-up: the proposal, the officers' advice, what was said and the vote.

August 2026 6

May 2026 4

See all 56 decisions