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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

10,657Searchable applications

118Recorded as pending

87%Approval rate · 9,443 approved or refused records

1,228Refused applications

8,215 approved · 1,228 refused · 656 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning & Environment Local plan Planning Policy in Hyndburn Pre-application advice Pre-Application Advice and Details of Charges Conservation areas Hyndburn Conservation Areas Article 4 directions Conservation Areas and Article 4 Directions in Hyndburn

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesplanning@hyndburnbc.gov.uk Council source

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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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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

Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0582
Full: Proposed porch to front elevation
Moira House 3 James Street Oswaldtwistle BB5 3LJ
Received Not published
Decided11/21/0583
Full: Change of use from shop/showroom to form seven residential apartments
266 Whalley Road Clatyon-Le-Moors BB5 5HE
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/21/0584
Householder: Extension to existing raised platform to rear of dwelling and associated boundary treatment
7 Hazel Grove Oswaldtwistle BB1 3NB
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/21/0585
Discharge of condition No 5 (wheel washing) pursuant to 11/18/0349
Hunts Yard Clayton Street Great Harwood BB6 7AQ
Received Not published
Decided11/21/0586
Householder: Proposed single storey rear extension, first floor rear extension and attached car port to side
11 Newton Drive Baxenden Accrington BB5 2JT
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0587
Full:Change of use from Sea cadets building to martial arts gym, external alterations to building and yard improvements (retrospective}
Enfield Wharf Old Stable Block Blackburn Road Clayton-le-Moors BB5 5JH
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0588
Works to Trees: Application to remove 3x ash trees adjacent Altham Lane, BB5 5TU under Tree Preservation Order 1976 No. 1
Adjacent Altham Lane, BB5 5TU
Received Not published
Decided11/21/0589
Major:Major Full: Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 11/21/0316 (Erection of Industrial development comprising 8 units (B1c/B2/B8) with associate car parking and servicing areas) by substitution of drawings to enable units 4 to 7 to be further sub-divided to create 6 units thereby the development would comprise a total of 10 units on the same building footprint and for the same purpose.
LAND AT METCALF DRIVE ALTHAM BB5 5TU
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0594
Works to TPO trees: Lime T41s. Removal of branches to facilitate the installation of a telephone line from post adjacent to Spindle Cottage to New Lane Baptist Church under TPO 1977 No 1 Immanuel Oswaldtwistle
New Lane Baptist Church New Lane Oswaldtwistle BB5 3QN
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0595
Full: 'Change of use of agricultural land for Doggy Day Care and ancillary staff welfare building (Regularisation of implemented development which is breach of the approval 11/19/0217) addressing location of building and car park'.
Higher Bold Venture Farm Haslingden Old Road Oswaldtwistle BB5 3RP
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0596
Full: Installation of solar photovoltaic roof based system
The Senator Group - Altham Altham Business Park Syke Side Drive Altham Accrington BB5 5YE
Received Not published
Decided11/21/0597
Advertisement Application: Display of 4 No externally illuminated fascia signs and 1 No internally illuminated fascia sign 1 No totem sign and one post mounted sign and other associated replacement signage
Old Mother Redcap Blackburn Road Oswaldtwistle BB1 3LS
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0598
Full: Construction of a steel portal frame agricultural livestock building
Moor End Head Farm Moor Lane Great Harwood BB7 9JQ
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0599
Full: Demolition of two dilapidated agricultural buildings and the construction of a steel portal frame cattle building.
Moor End Head Farm Moor Lane Great Harwood BB7 9JQ
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0500
Listed Building Consent: Conversion and extension of existing barns to create 4 No residential dwellings associated landscaping and car parking
Cowhill Fold Farm Cowhill Lane Rishton BB1 4AS
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0501
Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed: Change of use within Use Class C3 (a) to C3(b) being used as a permanent home for children in care supervised by permanent staff living on site with a maximum number of two children/young persons and four adults (maximum number of six people)
2 Knotwood Court Church BB5 0DL
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/21/0502
Householder: Proposed single storey side extension
27 Lindadale Avenue Accrington BB5 0NG
Received Not published
Decided: REFUSED11/21/0503
Permission in Principle: Erection of farmhouse
Land south of Three Acres Burnley Road Clayton le Moors
Received Not published
Decided: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT11/21/0504
Prior Approval: Change of use from commercial (use Class E) to 1 No dwelling house (Use Class C3)
29 Spread Eagle Street Oswaldtwistle Lancs
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS HOUSEHOLDER11/21/0505
Householder Prior Approval: Erection of rear extension 3.95 m from the original rear wall 3.60 m maximum height 2.60 m height to eaves
29 Norman Road Oswaldtwistle Lancs BB5 4NF
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0511
Works to Trees in Conservation Area: Pollard or Fell: Gold Elm Tree in the Christ Church Conservation Area
Land to rear 7 Rough Lee Road Accrington Lancs BB5 2LR
Received Not published
Decided11/21/0522
Advert application: Display of signage in connection of ATM
6 A B C Walmsley Street Rishton BB1 4JB
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0524
Major: Full Variation of condition No 4 (First export date of electricity to the grid and decommissioning of development to be extended until 2050) pursuant to 11/09/0512 under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations ) 2017.
Land at Oswaldtwistle Moor South of Haslingden Road Oswaldtwistle Accrington
Received Not published
Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/21/0529
Works to trees in Christ Church Conservation Area: Pollard or fell Gold Elm tree
7 Rough Lee Road Accrington Lancs BB5 2LR
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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