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71 Sunnyhurst Lane Darwen BB3 1JU

10/25/0994Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 November 2025

Council decision: PermitsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed front dormer

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwen West
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 71 Sunnyhurst Lane Darwen BB3 1JU. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 1,326 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 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 33 applications across Darwen West. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 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
BB3 1JU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025
Consultation expiry
26 November 2025
Consultation start
1 October 2025
Consultation end
26 November 2025
Last date for comments
27 October 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025
Application expires
24 November 2025
Permission expires
26 November 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Registered park and garden: Sunnyhurst WoodsNext to the site
  • Local nature reserve: Sunnyhurst WoodsNext to the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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, 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.

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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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