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Hyndburn planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Hyndburn Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Hyndburn website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
10,658Searchable applications
115Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 9,445 approved or refused records
1,230Refused applications

8,215 approved · 1,230 refused · 656 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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. Appeal Decided: REFUSED11/23/0068

    Full: Change of use of dwelling (use class C3a) to residential care home (use class C2) for a mother and baby (or for 2 children) supported by up to three carers.

    7 Bluebell Way, Huncoat, Lancashire, BB5 6TD

    Received Not published
  2. Decided: REFUSED11/23/0069

    Certificate of Lawful Use, Proposed: Change of a residential dwelling (C3a) to a household comprising of a resident Mother and Baby or up to two children, supported by up to 3 carers, in line with use class C3 (b) of Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended)

    7 Bluebell Way, Huncoat, Lancashire, BB5 6TD

    Received Not published
  3. Appeal Decided: REFUSED11/23/0070

    Full: Change of use of dwelling (Use Class C3a) to residential care home (Use Class C2) for a mother and baby (or for 2 children) supported by up to three carers.

    49 Bluebell Way Huncoat Accrington Lancashire BB5 6TD

    Received Not published
  4. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0073

    Full: Creation of new agricultural access to land off Lynwood Road Huncoat Accrington

    Land off Lynwood Road Huncoat Accrington BB5 6LR

    Received Not published
  5. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0080

    Full: Demolition of existing garage and the erection of 3no dwellings.

    41-45 Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 1AS

    Received Not published
  6. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0089

    Full: Change of use of area of hard standing for the sitting of a static caravan for Agricultural use

    Cowden Farm, Dean Lane, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7UN

    Received Not published
  7. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0090

    Full: Erection of a General Purpose Agricultural Building for the Storage of Farm Produce and Machinery

    Moor End Head Farm Shawcliffe Lane Whalley Clitheroe BB7 9JQ

    Received Not published
  8. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0091

    Works to TPO trees: TPO West End 2017/1

    325 Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 4NQ

    Received Not published
  9. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0092

    Full: Erection of 2 No detached 3 bedroom dwellings

    Land adjacent to 16 Edward Street Baxenden Accrington

    Received Not published
  10. Decided11/23/0094

    Householder: External alterations to the front elevation by altering the existing openings and centrally relocating entrance door. Rebuild gable elevation wall with the inclusion of ground floor bi-fold doors and an apex curtain wall glazing from the first floor to the underside of the roof ridge. Form new opening to the rear elevation for sliding door with an apex curtain wall glazing from the first floor to the underside of the proposed apex dormer ridge

    2, Lane End Cottages Sough Lane, Guide, Lancashire, BB1 2LR

    Received Not published
  11. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0095

    Certificate of Lawful Development Proposed (S.192): Application for Lawful Development certificate for alteration to the front elevation to create a wider entrance door for disability purposes.To consist of blocking up the front door to half its height and creating a window widening the existing front window arrangement to create a door to be accessed by a wheelchair user straight from the back of the vehicle

    61 Sparth Avenue Clayton-le-moors Lancashire BB5 5QH

    Received Not published
  12. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/23/0096

    Non-material amendment to planning application 11/20/0290 to amend the description of development and wording of conditions 13, 15 and 20.

    Land at Rhyddings Street Oswaldtwistle BB5 3ER

    Received Not published
  13. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0097

    Certificate of Lawful Use Existing: Application seeking confirmation that the existing building has been used as a joinery workshop with ancillary office, store room, caretaker's flat and break-out space (Use Class E(g)(iii)).

    Griffin Works, Unit 5 Clement Street Accrington Lancashire BB5 2HR

    Received Not published
  14. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0098

    Works to TPO trees: Removal of tree T 40 Whitebeam under TPO Whalley Road 1986 No 2

    208 Whalley Road Accrington Lancs BB5 5AA

    Received Not published
  15. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0099

    Works to TPO trees: Cherry Tree Group 1 under 1975 No 1 Allsprings Plantation

    Tan House Tan House Lane Great Harwood Lancs BB6 7WJ

    Received Not published
  16. Decided11/23/0001

    Householder: Demolition of porch and erection of single storey front extension (resubmission of 11/22/0121)

    Heymoor Farm Bungalow, Harwood Lane, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7TB

    Received Not published
  17. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0002

    Full: Erection of two/three storey detached dwellinghouse (Class C3).

    Land Parcel Opposite 14 Hazel Avenue Clayton-le-moors Lancashire BB5 5NN

    Received Not published
  18. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0003

    Householder: First floor side extension above the existing garage / utility to create larger rooms

    9 Windermere Drive, Rishton, Lancashire, BB1 4EG

    Received Not published
  19. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0004

    Full: Part conversion of shop to form first floor flat with external access stairway to rear

    45 Queen Street, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7QP

    Received Not published
  20. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0005

    Works to Trees in Conservation Area: Christchurch Conservation Area

    4 Newton Drive Baxenden Accrington Lancashire BB5 2JT

    Received Not published
  21. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0006

    Householder: Hip to gable conversion and full length dormer conversion

    6 Durham Drive, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3AT

    Received Not published
  22. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/23/0008

    Discharge of condition No 3 (construction method statement) and 4 (landscaping scheme) pursuant to 11/22/0294

    Knuzden Recreation Ground Stanhill Road Knuzden BB1 2DJ

    Received Not published
  23. Decided: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS11/23/0009

    Full: New shop front & extraction system to ground floor cafe

    7 Whalley Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1AD

    Received Not published
  24. Decided: APPROVED NO CONDITIONS11/23/0010

    Discharge of condition No 7 (retaining walls) and 20 (bird boxes) pursuant to 11/20/0413

    The Cabin End Hotel, Windsor Road, Knuzden Brook, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB1 2DQ

    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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