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Hyndburn Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hyndburn Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
10,591Searchable applications
19Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 9,491 approved or refused records
1,225Refused applications

8,266 approved · 1,225 refused · 650 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Council contacts

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

Conservation areas10 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Appeal Decided: REFUSED HOUSEHOLDER11/10/0152

    Householder: Erection of attached garage

    27 Limefield Street Accrington BB5 2AF

    Received Not published
  2. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0153

    Full: Installation of a slurry lagoon (Resubmission 11/10/0077)

    Altham Hall Farm off Burnley Road Altham Accrington Lancs BB5 5UL

    Received Not published
  3. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/10/0154

    Householder: Erection of side and rear extension

    4 Birch Close Accrington BB5 6TY

    Received Not published
  4. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0155

    Full: Use of land for a gypsy/traveller caravan site including erection of amenity building (five transit pitches and ten permanent pitches)

    Sankey House Farm Whinney Hill Road Accrington BB5 5UU

    Received Not published
  5. Withdrawn: WITHDRAWN DECISION11/10/0156

    Non material amendment to 11/09/0221 to increase the width of the single-storey extension by 600 mm

    6 Sherbourne Road Accrington BB5 2TW

    Received Not published
  6. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/10/0157

    Advertisement application: Display of non-illuminated fascia sign

    Metflex Precision Mouldings Ltd Alan Ramsbottom Way Great Harwood

    Received Not published
  7. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0158

    Full: Change of use of farm buildings to form a separate dwelling

    Benjamin Barn Rothwell Mill Farm Miller Fold Avenue Accrington

    Received Not published
  8. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0159

    Full: Erection of security fencing

    Accrington Academy Queens Road West Accrington Lancs BB5 4FF

    Received Not published
  9. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0175

    Full: Erection of smoking shelter to front of building

    Rishton Golf Club Hawthorn Drive Rishton Blackburn BB1 4JT

    Received Not published
  10. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0177

    Full: Change of use and extension to barn to form hydrotherapy pool, sensory room and ancillary facilities

    Cottams Farm Whalley Road Clayton Le Moors Accrington BB5 5SB

    Received Not published
  11. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/10/0178

    Discharge of Condition No. 2 (Landscaping Scheme) of 11/10/0075

    16 St. Marys Court Clayton Le Moors Accrington BB5 5LA

    Received Not published
  12. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/10/0179

    Discharge of Condition No. 11 (Travel Plan) of 11/09/0177

    Land at Heys Lane/Station Road Great Harwood

    Received Not published
  13. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0180

    Works to Trees (Various) under Tree Preservation Order 1952 No. 7

    12 Woodfield Avenue Accrington BB5 2PJ

    Received Not published
  14. Decided: REFUSED11/10/0181

    Discharge of Condition No. 3 (Contaminated Land Phase 1 Report) of 11/09/0179

    Premises to rear of Albert Mill St Hubert's Street Great Harwood

    Received Not published
  15. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0182

    Full: Siting of 5 additional metal shipping containers for storage of stock (Retrospective)

    Victoria Works John Street Oswaldtwistle

    Received Not published
  16. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0183

    Full : Installation of new shop front, security shutters, siting of new entrance door and erection of single storey kitchen extension at rear (Resubmission 11/09/0317)

    181 Blackburn Road Accrington BB5 0AF & 3 Scaitcliffe Street Accrington

    Received Not published
  17. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0184

    Full: Alteration of outbuildings to form two bedroom dwelling (amended plans 11/09/0529)

    Lee House Outbuildings Lee Lane Rishton BB1 4AJ

    Received Not published
  18. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0185

    Erection of 0.8 high weld mesh security fencing to top of existing wall to create a total height of 2.4 m including the replacement of existing gate with a 2.4 m high gate

    St Wulstans R C Primary School Rushton Street Great Harwood

    Received Not published
  19. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/10/0186

    Householder: Demolition of existing kitchen extension at rear and erection of new single storey kitchen extension

    42 Annie Street Accrington BB5 6AQ

    Received Not published
  20. Withdrawn: WITHDRAWN DECISION11/10/0187

    Full: Change of use from Betting Office (Class A2) to Beauty Salon (Sui Generis)

    12 Blackburn Road Great Harwood Blackburn BB6 7DE

    Received Not published
  21. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/10/0188

    Householder: Erection of conservatory

    33 Fielding Lane Oswaldtwistle Accrington BB5 3BE

    Received Not published
  22. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0189

    Full: Varying of condition Nos 4 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 and 18 to add the words "with the exception of the proposed access improvements to Newhouse Road"

    Senator International Ltd Newhouse Road Huncoat Accrington BB5 6NA

    Received Not published
  23. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/10/0190

    Full: Raising height of existing boundary fence from 2m to 3m

    MUGA Dale Street Accrington BB5 0AP

    Received Not published
  24. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/10/0191

    Discharge of condition 18 (highways) of 11/08/0044

    Former Council Offices Eagle Street Accrington BB5 1LN

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hyndburn Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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