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Lorne Street Works Lorne Street Darwen BB3 1QW

10/26/0149Prior Approval - DemolitionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of vacant mill building

Received
19 February 2026
Decision due
5 March 2026
Ward
Darwen West
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 16 March.

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About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Lorne Street Works Lorne Street Darwen BB3 1QW. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 177 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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

Postcode
BB3 1QW
Application type
Prior Approval - Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darwen

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
16 March 2026
Consultation start
23 February 2026
Consultation end
16 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Application expires
19 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
24 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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

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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