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19 Oak Bank, Lower Holker Farm, Whinney Hill Road, Altham, BB5 6NR

11/25/0009Prior Approval: (Part 3, Class Q) Change of Use from Agricultural Building to DwellingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED & GRANTED

Proposal

Prior Approval under the Town and Country Planning GPDO Order 2015 (as amended), Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q: Change of use and conversion of an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse

Received
17 January 2025
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 19 Oak Bank, Lower Holker Farm, Whinney Hill Road, Altham, BB5 6NR. Hyndburn has handled 67 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Hyndburn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,175 applications in total for the BB5 postcode area.

89% of amendment applications at Hyndburn Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BB5 6NR
Application type
Prior Approval: (Part 3, Class Q) Change of Use from Agricultural Building to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2025
Consultation expiry
7 February 2025
Consultation start
17 January 2025
Consultation end
7 February 2025
Application expires
28 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Hyndburn
  • 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: Hyndburn

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