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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
10,598Searchable applications
21Recorded 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8,266 approved · 1,225 refused · 650 withdrawn.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: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0384

    Full: Change of use from part of chemists shop to 3 No dwellings to include the creation of a smaller shop and external alterations (the site falls with a Conservation Area)

    198 Union Road and 1, 3 and 5 Spring Street, Oswaldtwistle Accrington BB5 3EG

    Received Not published
  2. Decided: REFUSED HOUSEHOLDER11/11/0385

    Householder: Erection of single storey rear kitchen and shower room extension (Resubmission 11/11/0223)

    27 India Street Accrington Lancs BB5 1SD

    Received Not published
  3. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/11/0386

    Householder: Erection of garden room to rear

    13 Holme Lea Clayton le Moors Accrington Lancs BB5 5XZ

    Received Not published
  4. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0387

    Full: Siting of 2 x 15 m high (hub) wind turbines

    Poultry Houses Back Lane Accrington Lancs BB5 2RE

    Received Not published
  5. Decided: REFUSED11/11/0388

    Outline application: Erection of 1 No. dwelling

    647, 649, 651 & 653 Manchester Road, Accrington

    Received Not published
  6. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0389

    Advertisement Consent: Display of 6 No non-illuminated free standing car park banner signage holding signs

    ASDA Hyndburn Road Accington

    Received Not published
  7. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0390

    Major Full: Erection of 12 No bungalows (Resubmission of 11/11/0237)

    Land at Arthur Street Great Harwood

    Received Not published
  8. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/11/0391

    Householder: Erection of single storey extension including alterations to chimney and additional chimney

    "Linden Lea" 23 Fern Avenue Oswaldtwistle Accrington BB5 3BA

    Received Not published
  9. Decided: REFUSED11/11/0392

    Major outline: Renewal of extant planning permission 11/08/0530 outline application residential development

    Land off Spring Street Rishton

    Received Not published
  10. Decided: REFUSED11/11/0393

    Full: Facemount 3 antennas and colour match antennas to the church stone including the placement of electrical equipment into the church tower

    St Andrews Church Empress Street Accrington

    Received Not published
  11. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0394

    Major outline application: Renewal of extant planning permission 11/08/0462 - residential development

    Land to the north and south of Britannia Street Great Harwood

    Received Not published
  12. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0395

    Major outline application: Proposed mixed use development comprising employment and residential development and demolition of existing buildings

    Hambledon Mill Marlborough Road Accrington Lancs

    Received Not published
  13. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/11/0396

    Works to Trees: Crown lift 1 sycamore of TPO 1952 No 7 W9

    40 Bamford Crescent Accrington BB5 2PQ

    Received Not published
  14. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/11/0397

    Works to TPO trees: Fell dead Sycamore (T17) of TPO 1978/4

    8 Foxhill Terrace Oswaldtwistle Accrington Lancs BB5 3NE

    Received Not published
  15. Decided: REFUSED11/11/0398

    Full: Change of use from C2 to C3 including conversion of open car park to enclosed garage and sun room

    1 Brunswick Terrace Accrington BB5 1QJ

    Received Not published
  16. Decided: WITHDRAWN DECISION11/11/0399

    Certificate of Lawful Development Existing: Opening hours

    2 - 4 Hermitage Street Rishton Blackburn BB1 4NL

    Received Not published
  17. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0315

    Full: Erection of cricket training nets

    Baxenden Cricket Club Back Lane Baxenden BB5 2RE

    Received Not published
  18. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/11/0320

    Householder: Single storey front extension

    1 Highfield Close Oswaldtwistle Accrington BB5 3TD

    Received Not published
  19. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0337

    Full: Proposed two storey extension to rear and new shop front and shutters

    98 Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1LL

    Received Not published
  20. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0338

    Major Full: Erection of B2/B8 building with associated car parking and landscaping (the proposed development does not accord with the provisions of the development plan for the area) (Resubmission of 11/11/0143)

    Land off Shorten Brook Way (south east of What More Units) (7 Shorten Brook Way) Altham Business Park Altham

    Received Not published
  21. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0440

    Full: Major: Erection of 24 bed private hospital for the care and treatment of people with mental disorders specialising in the treatment of dementia (resubmission)

    James Street, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3LJ

    Received Not published
  22. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0441

    Full: Demolition of all existing buildings and erection of single storey building to be used as an aviary for birds of prey (Resubmission of 11/11/0290)

    Former Cliffe Brickworks, off Cliffe Lane, Great Harwood, BB6 7PQ

    Received Not published
  23. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/11/0442

    Full: Installation of solar panels to existing south facing structure

    Coach House Antiques Metcalf Drive Altham Burnley BB5 5TU

    Received Not published
  24. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/11/0450

    Discharge of Condition Nos. 1 to 13 inclusive of planning permission No. 11/11/0165

    379 Blackburn Road Accrington BB5 4NA

    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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