16 Bank Street, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3HE
Proposal
Proposed change of use of residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to 4 self-contained flats (Use Class C3) with installation of a lightwell
- Received (week of)
- 5 October 2026
- Ward
- Darwen East
- ReceivedReceived (week of)5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 16 Bank Street, Darwen, Blackburn With Darwen, BB3 3HE. Blackburn with Darwen has handled 2,644 applications of this type. The site is in the Darwen Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Darwen East. We hold 605 applications in total for the BB3 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- BB3 3HE
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Darwen Town Centre
- 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, 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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