Planning application
26 Alpha Street Darwen BB3 2BX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of the existing domestic kitchen for a home baking business
As published by the council, reference 10/26/0151
Application record
- Reference
- 10/26/0151
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed)
- Status
- FINAL DECISION
- Decision
- Grant
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 9 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Darwen South
- Parish
- Darwen
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BB3 2BX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
19 Feb 2026
Received by Blackburn with Darwen
-
5 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
9 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Grant
-
27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Blackburn with Darwen granted permission on 9 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Thornleigh Rosehill Terrace Sough Road Darwen BB3 2BL
Demolition of existing double garage and construction of new detached games room
Granted Full applications Demolition 9 docs -
25 St Johns Avenue Darwen BB3 2BR
Rear and side extension
Granted Full applications Extension 40 docs -
-
-
Darwen St Peters Vicarage St Peters Close Darwen BB3 2EA
Felling one sycamore tree
Granted Trees 5 docs -
17 Prince Lee Meadows Darwen BB3 2BQ
T1 Oak - Crown Raise secondary branches up to 5m. Crown Reduce large limb towards the property by 2m back to a suitable growing point.
Granted Trees 6 docs
Other lawful development applications
In Blackburn with Darwen
-
10/26/0402 Granted
The Nook 1 Hill Street Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BF
Conversion of garage to habitable room
-
10/26/0517 Awaiting decision
Unit 8 Arkwright Court Commercial Road Blackburn Interchange J4/M65 Darwen BB3 0FG
Use of property as Aesthetics Medical Facility (Use Class E(e))
-
10/26/0515 Awaiting decision
Land at Whalley Old Road (located to the East of the existing bus turning area), and directly serving the new Vistry/Bovis housing development (currently under phased construction) Blackburn
The construction of a new 4-arm roundabout - the Eastern and Western arms will re-align the existing Whalley Old Road, the Northern arm will serve the future North East Blackburn Development and the Southern arm will serve the adjacent housing site which is currently under construction - and widening and drainage works to the existing access road to the north of Whalley Old Road
-
10/26/0511 Awaiting decision
12 Bentham Road Blackburn BB2 4PN
Use of property by the Ministry of Justice's Probation Accommodation Programme for up to three adults (Use Class C2)
-
10/26/0296 Granted
Chingles Tockholes Road Tockholes Darwen BB3 0LU
Erection of larger rear dormer replacing existing rear dormer extension