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Birch House Broadhead Road Turton BOLTON BL7 0BW

10/17/1136Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 October 2017

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed single storey rear extension, replacement windows and patio doors, Alterations to rear mid section dormers to create 1st floor balcony with glass balustrade. Alterations to existing front porch.

Received
15 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Turton With Tockholes
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Birch House Broadhead Road Turton BOLTON BL7 0BW. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0BW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Development type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Turton

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2017
Consultation expiry
19 October 2017
Consultation start
28 September 2017
Consultation end
19 October 2017
Last date for comments
19 October 2017
Target decision date
8 November 2017
Application expires
22 November 2017
Permission expires
26 October 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    6 Oct

    Rear extension, dormer to the rear and front porch

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application10/15/1217

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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