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SUEZ Lower Eccleshill Road Darwen BB3 0RP

10/25/0914Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 November 2025

Council decision: PermitsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Condition Nos 3 "external materials", 4 "boundary treatments", 5 "desk study", 14 "DCEMP", 15 "EV charging points", 16 "drainage scheme", 18 "diversion of drainage ditch", 20 "arboricultural method statement", 21 "landscaping scheme", 22 "biodiversity enhancement strategy", 24 "Landscape & Ecological Management Plan", 25 "Ecology design strategy", 26 "invasive plant species survey" and 30 "archaeological investigation" pursuant to planning application 10/22/1006 "Demolition of existing waste management operations, relocation of the waste transfer station and materials recycling facility and erection of anaerobic digestion facility" - to allow development to commence within Phase 1, prior to the discharge of the remaining conditions

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Darwen East, West Pennine
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at SUEZ Lower Eccleshill Road Darwen BB3 0RP. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 331 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 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 2 applications across Darwen East, West Pennine. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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 0RP
Application type
Variation/Removal of Condition/Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Darwen, Eccleshill

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Consultation start
8 September 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Last date for comments
1 October 2025
Target decision date
19 November 2025
Committee meeting
20 November 2025
Application expires
3 December 2025
Permission expires
21 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
89 days

Publicity

First advertised
17 September 2025

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Blackburn with DarwenPart of the site

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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© 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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