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Higher Barn Farm Bury Road Edgworth BOLTON BL7 0BR

10/17/0891Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 October 2017

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of existing single dwelling house to two dwellings including associated external works.

Received
19 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Turton With Tockholes
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Higher Barn Farm Bury Road Edgworth BOLTON BL7 0BR. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,957 applications in total for the BL7 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
BL7 0BR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Turton

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2017
Consultation expiry
25 August 2017
Consultation start
4 August 2017
Consultation end
25 August 2017
Last date for comments
25 August 2017
Target decision date
15 September 2017
Application expires
29 September 2017
Permission expires
10 October 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Blackburn with Darwen
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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