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The Heights Free School Heys Lane Blackburn BB2 4NW

10/25/0902Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 22 October 2025

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 4no. air source heat pumps and 3.0m high fencing to create secure compound

Received
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ewood
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Heights Free School Heys Lane Blackburn BB2 4NW. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 12 applications across Ewood. We hold 565 applications in total for the BB2 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
BB2 4NW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Consultation expiry
22 October 2025
Consultation start
11 September 2025
Consultation end
22 October 2025
Last date for comments
2 October 2025
Target decision date
13 October 2025
Application expires
27 October 2025
Permission expires
22 October 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Mar

    External alterations to curtain walls

    PendingCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)10/26/0204

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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