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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8,266 approved · 1,225 refused · 650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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

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More application records

  1. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0316

    Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed: dormer roof extension on rear roof slope of dwelling house.

    18 St Cecilia Street, Great Harwood, BB6 7BS

    Received Not published
  2. Decided: REFUSED11/24/0317

    Prior Approval under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A. Erection of an Agricultural Building

    Land to the East Side of Red Shell Lane, Red Shell Lane Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3RW

    Received Not published
  3. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/24/0318

    Discharge of Conditions: 10 (Internal Estate Roads Detail) of Planning Application 11/23/0422

    Former Rhyddings Mill, Land on the North West Side of Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3EU

    Received Not published
  4. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0319

    Full: Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s.73. Application to vary Condition No. 8 of planning approval No. 11/23/0422 (off-site works)

    Former Rhyddings Mill, Land on the North West Side of Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3EU

    Received Not published
  5. Decided: REFUSED11/24/0320

    Works to TPO Trees: 1986 No. 2 Whalley Road, Accrington - Fell Two Cherry Trees due to Collapsing Wall

    136 Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 1BS

    Received Not published
  6. Decided: PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED11/24/0321

    Prior Approval: under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA. Change of Use from Office (formerly Day Centre) to one dwelling house.

    Hyndburn Community Restart, 21a Manchester Road, Accrington, BB5 2BQ

    Received Not published
  7. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/24/0322

    Works to TPO Trees: 2000 No1 Trostan House, Oswaldtwistle - Crown reduce by 20% & prune to wall

    Rear of 30 Hawthorn Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3AE

    Received Not published
  8. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/24/0323

    Works to TPO Trees: 2000 No1 Trostan House, Oswaldtwistle - Crown reduce by 20 %

    Rear of 38 Hawthorn Avenue, Oswladtwistle, BB5 3AE

    Received Not published
  9. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/24/0326

    Works to TPO Trees: 2000 No1 Trostan House, Oswaldtwistle - Crown reduce by 20%

    Rear of 34 Hawthorn Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3AE

    Received Not published
  10. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/24/0327

    Works to TPO Trees: 2000 No1 Trostan House, Oswaldtwistle - Crown reduce by 20%

    Rear of 32 Hawthorn Avenue , Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3AE

    Received Not published
  11. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0343

    Householder: Installation of Air Source Pump

    108 Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 1BS

    Received Not published
  12. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0345

    Advertisement Consent: Ax1) Directional Sign, (Bx1) Directional Sign, (Dx1) Order Point Canopy, (Fx1) Totem Pole, (Gx1) Clearance Bar, (ix1) Single Sided Roundel 900mm, (ix2) Single Sided Roundel 1000mm, (Jx2) Evo 1 Word-mark, (Kx1) Mini Totem Monument Sign, (Sx1) Drive Thru Text

    1 Heys Lane, Great Harwood, BB6 7UA

    Received Not published
  13. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0346

    Householder: Erection of Flat Roofed Single Storey Rear Extension

    31 Tunstall Drive, Altham, BB5 5DG

    Received Not published
  14. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0347

    Major Full: Development of 30no. Affordable Houses with Associated Access, Parking, Landscaping and Associated Works

    Former Albert Mill, Mary Street, Rishton

    Received Not published
  15. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0348

    Works to TPO Trees: 1986 No.2 Whalley Road, Accrington, - T1 & T2 - Crown Raise to 4m, Crown Raise to 5.2m Over Road, Remove Epicormics

    317 Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 5DF

    Received Not published
  16. Withdrawn11/24/0349

    Works to TPO Trees: 1980 No.2 Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle - W2 Fell Dead Tree, Remove Stump & Replant

    47 South Street, Accrington, BB5 2HP

    Received Not published
  17. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0352

    Householder: Erection of Two Storey Side and Rear Extension, Single Storey Rear Extension to Roof Including Dormers

    3 Church Lane, Great Harwood, BB6 7PU

    Received Not published
  18. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0353

    Full: Division of One Dwelling into two Dwellings

    6 - 8 College Street, Accrington, BB5 1TD

    Received Not published
  19. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0354

    Householder: Balcony to Rear of Dwelling (Part Retrospective)

    291 Burnley Road, Accrington, BB5 6HA

    Received Not published
  20. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/24/0355

    Works to TPO Trees: 1980 No.2 Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle - W2 - Fell Dead Tree, Remove Stump and Replant

    Knuzden Hall Cottage, Stanhill Road, Knuzden, BB5 3RE

    Received Not published
  21. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0356

    Change of Use: From Dwelling (C3) to Mixed use Dwelling and Car Repairs (B2) within Lower Ground Floor Garage and Yard Area.

    295 Burnley Road, Accrington, BB5 6HA

    Received Not published
  22. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0357

    Full: Variation of planning permission: under Section 73, to allow for the reduction in the overall scale of the development from a two-storey rear extension to a single-storey rear extension; and change of external materials

    Wyngate, Shawcliffe Lane, Great Harwood, BB6 7UT

    Received Not published
  23. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/24/0358

    Full: Change of use and conversion of retail unit with dwelling above, to sunbed/tanning shop

    86 Queen Street, Great Harwood, BB6 7AL

    Received Not published
  24. Decided: SPLIT DECISION11/24/0359

    Discharge of Conditions: 3 (Construction Method Statement); 4 (Bound Porous Surface Material); 6 (Building Foundation near Protected Tree); 7 (Tree Pruning Method Statement); 8 (Tree Protection); and, 9 (Biodiversity Enhancement Measures) of planning permission 11/23/0530

    Rockmount, Northwest Ltd ,1 Blackburn Road, Rishton, BB1 4HD

    Received Not published

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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.

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