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Land to the rear of 740, 744 and Land to the South West of 744 Preston Old Road Blackburn

10/25/1359Full Planning Application (Retrospective)Approved
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Approved on 12 October 2026

Council decision: PERMITS

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of an ancillary office cabin, veranda decking extension to White House, static caravan (Use Class C2) , timber cabin (Use Class C2) with deck and fencing and retaining wall, bamboo lounge, container and southern cabin for storage (Retrospective)

Received
24 December 2025
Ward
Livesey with Pleasington
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 264 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land to the rear of 740, 744 and Land to the South West of 744 Preston Old Road Blackburn. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 172 applications of this type. This one was decided in 292 days, 35 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 9 applications across Livesey with Pleasington.

92% of amendment 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
Full Planning Application (Retrospective)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
22 January 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
25 February 2026
Application expires
11 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

First advertised
16 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
22

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Blackburn with Darwen

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