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18 Milton Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3LZ

11/25/0262Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 10 October 2025

2 reasons for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Full: Change of use and conversion of dwelling house to two self contained apartments

Received
8 July 2025
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 18 Milton Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3LZ. Hyndburn has handled 841 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 6 weeks longer 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.

80% of full applications at Hyndburn Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would fail to provide adequate facilities for the storage and disposal of waste contrary to policies DM10 and DM31 and Guidance Note 7 of the Hyndburn Development Management Development Plan Document.
  2. The proposed development would fail to comply with the Nationally Described Space Standards. Moreover, there would be no physical separation between the communal yard and the kitchen/living room window of the ground floor flat, which raises concerns about

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB5 3LZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
8 July 2025
Consultation expiry
30 July 2025
Consultation start
8 July 2025
Consultation end
30 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2025

Publicity

Site notice start
9 July 2025

Additional information

Documents
10

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 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 (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: Hyndburn

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