Land at Whalley Old Road (located to the East of the existing bus turning area), and directly serving the new Vistry/Bovis housing development (currently under phased construction) Blackburn
Approved on 24 February 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
The construction of a new 4-arm roundabout - the Eastern and Western arms will re-align the existing Whalley Old Road, the Northern arm will serve the future North East Blackburn Development and the Southern arm will serve the adjacent housing site which is currently under construction - and widening and drainage works to the existing access road to the north of Whalley Old Road.
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Little Harwood & Whitebirk
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date13 Jan
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Land at Whalley Old Road (located to the East of the existing bus turning area), and directly serving the new Vistry/Bovis housing development (currently under phased construction) Blackburn. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Blackburn with Darwen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Little Harwood & Whitebirk.
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
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Blackburn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 24 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 January 2026
- Application expires
- 27 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 24 February 2029
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Blackburn with Darwen
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