28-44 Vernon Street Flats Vernon Street Darwen BB3 3EF

1. 21 Jan 2026

   Received by Blackburn with Darwen

2. 23 Jan 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 20 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Blackburn with Darwen took a median of 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Blackburn with Darwen for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Blackburn with Darwen's median decision took 51 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 100-102 Sudell Road Darwen BB3 3JA

  10/13/0664 Submitted 19 Jul 2013 100 yards away

  Change of use from vacant printers to fitness training rooms with new frontage and separate 2 bedroom terraced dwelling

  Granted Full applications 39 docs
  Domestic

• 39-41 Sudell Road Darwen BB3 3HW

  10/24/1070 Submitted 4 Dec 2024 150 yards away

  Installation of external wall insulation system and render to front elevation

  Withdrawn Lawful development 4 docs

• Former Highfield Working Men's Club Ratcliffe Street Darwen BB3 2DF

  10/15/1292 Submitted 20 Oct 2015 200 yards away

  Demolition of existing working mens club and development of 8 residential dwellings (use class C3) with new access

  Granted Outline Demolition 127 docs

• 35 Marsh House Lane Darwen BB3 3JB

  10/24/0913 Submitted 16 Oct 2024 200 yards away

  Use of property as two self contained flats

  Granted Lawful development New dwelling 7 docs

• Land opposite nos. 22-24 Kay Street Darwen

  10/13/0753 Submitted 15 Aug 2013 250 yards away

  Discharge condition 3 of planning application 10/11/0889

  Granted Conditions 5 docs

• Primrose Mill Ratcliffe Street Darwen BB3 2BZ

  10/21/0958 Submitted 18 Aug 2021 250 yards away

  Interior contracts (Kitchens) Ltd manufactures kitchen furniture using furniture board. This creates wood waste which is collected via an extraction system and chipping. this waste is then burnt thereby heating the building under the governments Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The system includes extraction, silo, filters and chimney for which the application is made. The woodboiler, some of the filters and motors are housed internally. However the silo and some of the filters are sited externally occupying an area of 10 metres by 4 metres and 12 metres high. the system has been relocated from our previous premises at St Ives ?Business Park BB1 2BX and was previously approved under application 10/16/0530

  Withdrawn Full applications

• 10/26/0366 Granted

  7 No. Garages at Billinge View off Tower Road / Preston Old Road Blackburn Pleasington BB2 5LE

  Demolition of 7no. garages

  Received 17 Apr, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 10/25/1167 Granted

  1st, 2nd, 3rd Floor Thwaites House Railway Road Blackburn BB1 5AX

  Change of use to 18 self-contained flats (Use Class C3)

  Received 10 Nov, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 10/26/0521 Awaiting decision

  Pleckgate High School Pleckgate Road Blackburn BB1 8QA

  Installation of PV Solar Panels to existing Sports Hall roof

  Received 3 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 10/26/0310 Granted

  Reel Cinema Nab Lane Blackburn BB2 1LN

  Installation of 65.28KWp PV solar system. Installation on flat roof using a ballasted mounting system

  Received 30 Mar, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 10/26/0465 Awaiting decision

  Garage Rear Hope Street Blackburn BB2 1DY

  Change of use from a commercial workshop (Class E) to a single residential dwellinghouse (Class C3)

  Received 18 May, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval