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Barn attached to Top Of The Meadow Harwoods Lane Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3LL

10/21/0531Outline Planning ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 August 2021

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning application with all matters reserved for conversion of barn into a dwelling house

Received
20 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Pennine
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Barn attached to Top Of The Meadow Harwoods Lane Hoddlesden Darwen BB3 3LL. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. This one was decided in 103 days, 8 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across West Pennine. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 postcode area.

88% of outline 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 3LL
Application type
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2021
Consultation expiry
31 August 2021
Consultation start
9 July 2021
Consultation end
31 August 2021
Last date for comments
30 July 2021
Target decision date
17 August 2021
Application expires
31 August 2021
Permission expires
31 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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