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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
10,595Searchable applications
22Recorded 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8,266 approved · 1,225 refused · 650 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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More application records

  1. Decided11/22/0013

    Householder: Erection of single storey rear extension

    14 Spencer Street Accrington Lancs BB5 6SY

    Received Not published
  2. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0014

    Full: Development of agricultural building

    Dunscar Farm Cottage, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, BB1 4AH

    Received Not published
  3. Decided11/22/0015

    Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed: Use of the property as a home for 2 young persons in receipt of care as required with no more than 2 carers resident overnight

    47 Three Brooks Way Oswaldtwistle BB5 3QZ

    Received Not published
  4. Decided11/22/0016

    Full: Construction of a flat roofed single storey extension, 16.2m long x 3.5m wide to side of School Gymnasium to create a store for gym equipment trolleys, a store for smaller gym equipment and a site supervisors store room. The extension will be finished externally in off-white render. The works will also include for the rendering of the remainder of the gymnasium (exposed blockwork) to match the new extension. Slight changes will be required externally to the path alongside the gymnasium and gate to the rear.

    White Ash School Thwaites Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 4QG

    Received Not published
  5. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/22/0017

    Householder: Demolition of the existing garage, construction of new garage with summer house railings to front wall (Resubmission 11/21/0560)

    270 Whalley Road Accrington BB5 5DQ

    Received Not published
  6. Decided11/22/0018

    Works to TPO trees: Fell a decayed Ash Tree in G4 1986 No 2 Whalley Road Accrington

    287 Whalley Road Accrington Lancs BB5 5AD

    Received Not published
  7. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0019

    Full: Major Erection of 12No two-bedroom apartments and associated car parking

    Land at Commercial Street Off Clayton Street Great Harwood BB6 7AH

    Received Not published
  8. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/22/0020

    Householder: Demolition of rear conservatory and development of single storey rear extension

    58 Charles Street, Clayton-Le-Moors, BB5 5PS

    Received Not published
  9. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0021

    Full: S.73 Variation of Condition No 3 of planning permission 11/17/0330 to extend the opening hours from 22:00 hrs to 23:59 hrs

    343 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3HS

    Received Not published
  10. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0023

    Variation of condition 2 (b) of planning permission reference 11/21/0220 to reduce length of building and reduce the number of units from 5 to 4

    Norden Court Alan Ramsbottom Way Great Harwood BB6 7UR

    Received Not published
  11. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/22/0025

    Discharge of condition 17 (i) (control traffic using the southern access to the site) pursuant to 11/15/0154

    Land And Buildings On The North Side Of Blackburn Road Oswaldtwistle BB1 3LS

    Received Not published
  12. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/22/0026

    Householder: Single storey rear extension

    12 Thornhill Avenue, Rishton, BB1 4EZ

    Received Not published
  13. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0027

    Works to TPO trees: 1994 No 1 Christ Church accrington T5 sorbus to fell and remove tree

    47 South Street Accrington BB5 2HP

    Received Not published
  14. Withdrawn: WITHDRAWN DECISION11/22/0031

    Works to TPO trees: Lawson cypress (9506) - fell because dead. Lawson cypress (12910) - fell because unsuitably positioned against building. Lawson cypress (3327) - fell because unsuitably positioned against fence.

    Land to front 317 Whalley Road Accrington BB5 5DF

    Received Not published
  15. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0032

    Full: Installation of a free standing south facing Solar Array comprising of 16 Photovoltaic Panels ground mounted on a framed structure

    Friar Hill Barn Green Haworth Accrington BB5 3SL

    Received Not published
  16. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0034

    Full: Variation of condition No 2 (alter the appearance of the building) pursuant to 11/20/0341

    Lower Redwalls Broadfield Oswaldtwistle BB5 3SE

    Received Not published
  17. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/22/0036

    Householder: Demolition of existing conservatory and development of two storey and single storey side extension

    28 Whitecroft View, Baxenden, BB5 2QP

    Received Not published
  18. Decided: REFUSED11/22/0045

    Full: Relocation of approved granny annex (App 11/21/0156) 6.0m.

    Rothwell Mill Stables Rothwell Mill Farm Miller Fold Avenue Accrington Lancs BB5 0NY

    Received Not published
  19. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0048

    Full: Erection of agricultural building

    Cockerley Fold Farm Cockerley Fold Hoyle Bottom off Pot House Lane Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RS

    Received Not published
  20. Decided: REFUSED11/22/0050

    Works to TPO trees: To fell 2 No birrch trees in G7 1975/2 Ash Lane

    Loughrigg 13 Lowerfold Great Harwood Lancs BB6 7NT

    Received Not published
  21. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0060

    Works to TPO trees: TPO 1997 No 5 Ash Lane Great Harwood to reduce crown by 4 m and reshape crown

    19 Redwing Avenue Great Harwood Blackburn Lancashire BB6 7NZ

    Received Not published
  22. Withdrawn11/22/0063

    Householder: Erection of 2-storey side extension with single storey extension to the rear

    Fold House, Church Lane, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7PU

    Received Not published
  23. Appeal Decided: REFUSED11/22/0064

    Advertisement: Display of 1 x 48 sheet freestanding digital advertising display unit - 6.2m wide by 3.2m high - metal frame and sealed LED screen

    458 Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle, BB1 3NJ

    Received Not published
  24. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/22/0065

    Full: Demolition of dilapidated timber garage structure and replacing with a modern garage building for the purposes of storage for the Cricket Club including alterations to entrance way

    Church and Oswaldtwistle Cricket ClubLand On The North Side Of Blackburn Road Oswaldtwistle Lancashire BB5 4LP

    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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