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Land at R.E & M Whiteheads Ltd, 47 High Street Blackburn, Rishton, BB1 4JZ

11/25/0404Prior Approval: Telecom Notification (56 days) (Part 16)Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 19 December 2025

1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Telecommunication Prior Notification (56 days): Prior notification for the upgrade of telecommunications bas station installation, comprising the removal of the existing flag pole antenna and associated equipment and replacement with 20m monopole supporting 9no antennas with wraparound cabinet at the base, 5no equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto

Received
15 October 2025
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.5 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land at R.E & M Whiteheads Ltd, 47 High Street Blackburn, Rishton, BB1 4JZ. Hyndburn has handled 15 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Hyndburn's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 654 applications in total for the BB1 postcode area.

86% of all 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 20 metre high telecommunication mast, by reason of its siting, scale and appearance, would result in an unsympathetic and incongruous scheme of development that

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BB1 4JZ
Application type
Prior Approval: Telecom Notification (56 days) (Part 16)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
15 October 2025
Consultation expiry
5 November 2025
Consultation start
15 October 2025
Consultation end
5 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
15 October 2025

Publicity

Site notice start
15 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
35

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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