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The Ranken Arms PH Queen Street Hoddlesden BB3 3LY

10/09/0088Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused

Council decision: RefusesSecretary of State

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Resubmission of 10/08/0574 Residential housing development comprising of five dwellings

Received
30 January 2009
Decision level
Secretary of State
Ward
East Rural
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Ranken Arms PH Queen Street Hoddlesden BB3 3LY. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 January 2009 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Hoddlesden conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 postcode area.

96% of full applications at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB3 3LY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Class C3 Dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2009
Consultation expiry
22 May 2009
Consultation start
13 February 2009
Consultation end
22 May 2009
Last date for comments
22 May 2009
Application expires
9 April 2009

Planning decision

Decision
Refuses
Statutory period
99 days

Publicity

First advertised
3 March 2009

Appeal

Appeal date
16 October 2009
Appeal result
DISMISSED. Costs Awarded. The proposal would fail to preserve the character or appearance of the conservation area and it would harm the living conditions.It would not provide a safe and convenient access. 01-02-2010

Additional information

Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hoddlesden
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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