Four Winds Broken Stone Road Darwen BB3 0LL

1. 13 Mar 2026

   Received by Blackburn with Darwen

2. 18 Mar 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 8 May 2026

   Decision issued: Grant

4. 27 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• Yew Tree Farm Brokenstone Road Blackburn BB3 0LL

  10/23/0167 Submitted 27 Feb 2023 97m away

  Erection of open fronted agricultural building for storage of machinery

  Granted Prior approval 6 docs

• 9 Juniper Grove Livesey Blackburn BB2 5FX

  10/25/0980 Submitted 22 Sep 2025 439m away

  13m meter steel Railing / fence to separate our border from the public footpath (Retrospective)

  Withdrawn Full applications
  Small domestic

• 11 Juniper Grove Livesey Blackburn BB2 5FX

  10/26/0305 Submitted 27 Mar 2026 444m away

  96% historically approved · decision due ~25 May

  Erection of replacement rear boundary fence and alterations to rear garden levels to level the ground (part retrospective)

  Awaiting decision Full applications 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 1 York View Tockholes Road Tockholes BB3 0LW

  10/25/1002 Submitted 29 Sep 2025 491m away

  Rear extension

  Withdrawn Lawful development Extension 3 docs

• 1 York View Tockholes Road Tockholes BB3 0LW

  10/25/1267 Submitted 4 Dec 2025 491m away

  Single storey rear extension

  Withdrawn Full applications Extension 3 docs
  Small domestic

• 10/26/0402 Granted

  The Nook 1 Hill Street Edgworth Bolton BL7 0BF

  Conversion of garage to habitable room

  27 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 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))

  3 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 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

  3 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 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)

  2 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 10/26/0296 Granted

  Chingles Tockholes Road Tockholes Darwen BB3 0LU

  Erection of larger rear dormer replacing existing rear dormer extension

  25 Mar 2026 Lawful development