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Land to the south of Spring Meadows Darwen Lancashire

10/16/0266Outline Planning ApplicationPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

The erection of up to 134 dwellings with associated infrastructure and landscaping.

Received
15 March 2016
Decided
1 August 2016 · Permits
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Marsh House
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Blackburn with Darwen88% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at Land to the south of Spring Meadows Darwen Lancashire. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 51 days. This one was decided in 139 days, 13 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application Details

Reference
10/16/0266
Address
Land to the south of Spring Meadows Darwen Lancashire
Local Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Application Type
Outline Planning Application
Development Type
Class C3 Dwellinghouses
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
134
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
FINAL DECISION
Ward
Marsh House
Parish
Darwen

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
15 March 2016
Consultation Expiry
29 April 2016
Target Decision Date
14 July 2016
Date Decided
1 August 2016
Date Validated
24 March 2016
Date Submitted
15 March 2016
Consultation Start
31 March 2016
Consultation End
29 April 2016
Last Date for Comments
4 May 2016
Application Expires
23 June 2016
Committee Meeting
28 July 2016
Permission Expires
1 August 2019

Planning Decision

Decision
Permits
Decided By
Planning and Highways Committee
Statutory Period
112 days

Publicity

First Advertised
20 April 2016

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
166
Coordinates
53.689056, -2.445473
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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Planning constraints

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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