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Hyndburn planning applications
592 applications. 82% approved. 51 days to decide.
As of September 2026, PlanIndex holds 592 planning applications from Hyndburn. 142 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 82% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
Hyndburn takes a median of 51 days to decide a planning application. See how that compares.
All applications
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11/26/0411 Awaiting decision
Clough Bottom Farm, Broad Oak Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2DG
Discharge of Condition. Discharge of condition 11 ( Biodiversity Method Statement and Landscape Management Plan) and condition 12 (Landscaping scheme) pursuant to permission 11/20/0461
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11/26/0412 Awaiting decision
Clough Bottom Farm, Broad Oak Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2DG
Discharge of Condition: Discharge of conditions 13 ( Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP)) and condition 14 (Landscaping scheme) pursuant to permission 11/20/0459
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11/26/0378 Awaiting decision
Harwood Edge Farm, Wilpshire Road, Rishton, Lancashire, BB1 4AH
Full: Installation of 128 ground mounted solar panels with associated underground cabling to the dwelling
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11/26/0410 Awaiting decision
Clough Bottom Farm, Broad Oak Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2DG
Discharge of Condition: Discharge of condition 4 (landscaping) pursuant to permission 11/24/0269
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11/26/0398 Awaiting decision
169 New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3QN
Works to TPO 1977-1 - Felling of G1 and one tree of G4
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11/26/0409 Awaiting decision
Land On The North Side Of ,Charter Street, Accrington, BB5 0LH
Discharge of Condition: 23 (ecological enhancements) attached to planning permission reference 11/25/0025
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11/26/0381 Awaiting decision
Altham Industrial Estate, Metcalf Drive, Altham Business Park, Altham, Lancashire, BB5 5TU
Full: Erection of 9 No. B8 Industrial Units with Associated Parking.
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11/26/0405 Awaiting decision
21 Union Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1PL
Change of Use : Proposed Change of use from a vacant shop (Class E) to a 24hour daily adult gaming centre (AGC) (Sui Generis)
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11/26/0406 Awaiting decision
21 Union Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1PL
Advertisement: Installation and display of one illuminated fascia sign and one illuminated projecting sign
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11/26/0407 Awaiting decision
21 Union Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1PL
Full: Alterations to existing shopfront
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11/26/0403 Awaiting decision
Parsonage House, 142 Blackburn Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0AD
Discharge of Conditions: 3 (Materials), 9 (Ground Conditions), 11 (Construction Method Statement) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/23/0220
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11/26/0399 Awaiting decision
23 Blackburn Road, Rishton, Lancashire, BB1 4EU
Works to TPO: Crown lifting
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11/26/0404 Awaiting decision
4 Barnfield Way, Altham Business Park, Altham, Lancashire, BB5 5YT
Discharge of Conditions: 8 (Drainage Scheme) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/23/0330
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11/26/0391 Awaiting decision
Land On The South Side Of, Dale Street, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 0DA
Discharge of condition 6 - Contaminated Land Investigation
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11/26/0309 Awaiting decision
5 Church Lane, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7PU
Full: Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and erection of one detached dwelling house and garage.
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11/26/0396 Awaiting decision
Hyndburn Wind Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3RP
Non-material Amendment: Of planning permission reference 11/18/0115 to amend the description to "Minor material amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary conditions 2 and 10 of planning permission 11/15/0351 to allow an increase in tip height of the approved wind turbines (with associated increase of hub height)"
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11/26/0385 Awaiting decision
5 College Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1TD
Householder: Erection of part single part double storey rear extension
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11/26/0371 Awaiting decision
Mount St James, Knuzden, BB1 2DR
Planning Obligation Modification: To change the affordable rented dwellings to intermediate housing (shared ownership dwellings and/or discounted sale dwellings) in the section 106 agreement dated 26 June 2024 associated with full planning permission reference 11/23/0207
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11/26/0402 Awaiting decision
Land to the Rear of Park View, Bayley Street, Clayton Le Moors
Discharge of Conditions: 4 (Landscaping Scheme) and 5 (Site Contamination Report) pursuant to planning application reference 11/16/0044.
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11/26/0401 Awaiting decision
Clayton Triangle, Off Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 5JA
Discharge of Conditions: 31 (Ecological Statement of Good Practice) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/22/0047
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11/26/0397 Awaiting decision
1 Milnshaw Gardens, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 4SE
Full: Erection of a mobility scooter storage and charging unit, together with associated concrete base, access path, and drainage (Retrospective).
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11/26/0395 Awaiting decision
Stanley Sports Hub Thorneyholme Road Accrington BB5 6BD
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/25/0491
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11/26/0400 Awaiting decision
Martholme Farm Bungalow, Martholme Lane, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7UJ
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/25/0166
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11/26/0392 Awaiting decision
9 - 13 Dutton Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1JR
Full: Change of use from offices use class (E) (c)ii to 6no one-bedroomed self-contained residential apartments use class (c3), removal of existing ground floor shop fronts & replacement with new partial stone fronted wall, partial removal of wall & roof to existing single storey rear in-fill with partial re-build with new windows and doors insertions to side elevational walls.
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11/26/0393 Awaiting decision
Accolade Logistics, Read Street, Clayton-Le-Moors, BB5 5LL
Prior Approval Telecommunications: Removal of existing monopole, antennas, and equipment cabinets with installation of new 1no. 20m monopole, 6no. antennas, and 1no. equipment cabinet.
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11/26/0394 Awaiting decision
Former Law Courts and Police Headquarters, Manchester Road, Accrington, BB5 2BH
Discharge of Condition: 10 (parquet flooring) attached to listed building consent reference 11/24/0026
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11/26/0390 Awaiting decision
Old Laund Farm, Broad Oak Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2DE
Non Material Amendment: Alteration of window colour and addition of a rear window of planning permission reference 11/21/0645
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11/26/0388 Awaiting decision
3 Whitebirk Drive, Rishton, Lancashire, BB1 3HT
Advertisement Consent: Installation of 6m Totem, Wayfinding Sign, Frod Oval x2, Service bay signs, Entry Trellis Sign and Letters
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11/26/0387 Awaiting decision
Former Cabin End Public House, Windsor Road, Knuzden Brook, Oswaldtwistle, BB1 2DQ
Discharge of conditions: Condition 10 (maintenance of estate road) and partial condition 22 (surface water and pollution) pursuant to planning application reference 11/22/0279
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11/26/0374 Awaiting decision
9 Petre Road, Clayton Business Park, Clayton-le-moors, Lancashire, BB5 5JB
Full: Erection of extension to the southern elevation
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11/26/0317 Awaiting decision
20 Edinburgh Drive, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3AR
Prior Approval: Erection of single storey rear extension
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11/26/0377 Awaiting decision
Wilsons Playing Fields, Whalley Road, Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, BB5 5SG
Full: Permanent installation of an outdoor obstacle training rig to support the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon with associated fencing
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11/26/0379 Awaiting decision
27 - 29 Gillies Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6RR
Full: Change of use from warehouse/storage to house in multiple occupation (HMO)
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11/26/0376 Awaiting decision
Land Parcel North, Charter Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0LH
Discharge of Condition: 22 (affordable housing) attached to full planning permission reference 11/25/0025
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11/26/0375 Awaiting decision
Land Parcel North, Charter Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0LH
Discharge of Conditions: 20 (Cycleway Link) and 25 (Off-street Parking Layout) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/25/0025
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11/26/0384 Awaiting decision
3 Church Lane, Great Harwood, Lancashire, BB6 7PU
Householder: Erection of part single/part double storey rear extension, and alterations to roof including front and rear dormers.
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11/26/0292 Awaiting decision
1 Lock Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3EE
Full: Restoration and alteration work to the existing first floor apartment and alterations to ground floor area to create new apartment (change of use).
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11/26/0382 Awaiting decision
46 Back Lane, Baxenden, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2RE
TPO 1952-9, Baxenden - W8 - To fell dead Ash tree
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11/26/0386 Awaiting decision
Immanuel Church, New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3QN
TPO 1977-1 Immanuel, Ossy - T14 - To fell a diseased Ash tree due to ADB& to repair wall
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11/26/0361 Awaiting decision
Plot No. 2, Lyndene Stables, off Pothouse Lane, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 3RY
Full: Erection of a single dwelling
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11/26/0254 Awaiting decision
Friar Hill Farm, Roundhill Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3SW
Householder: Erection of single storey side extension
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11/26/0359 Awaiting decision
Sparth House, Whalley Road, Clayton Le Moors, Lancashire, BB5 5RP
TPO 1978-1 Oakenshaw - W4: To trim several branches over the property and create a maintenance strip adj. 3 Lynwood Close, CLM, BB5 5RT
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11/26/0357 Awaiting decision
Woodland Adjacent to Sycamore Grove, Accrington, Lancashire
TPO 1952-9 Baxenden-W2: Crown raise trees over road to 5.2m
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11/26/0358 Awaiting decision
44A Higher Antley Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0SN
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/22/0012.
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11/26/0360 Awaiting decision
Land at Wood Street, Church, Accrington, BB5 4PF
Full: Removal of existing concrete hardstanding & replacement with tarmacadam
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11/26/0220 Awaiting decision
7 Jacob Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1HU
Full: Proposed Change of Use from Industrial E(g) to Training and Education F1(a)
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11/26/0347 Awaiting decision
216 Stanhill Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 4QB
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission 11/25/0290
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11/26/0353 Awaiting decision
260 Willows Lane, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0NJ
Householder: Enlargement of previously approved rear dormer extension under planning permission reference 11/25/0318
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11/26/0351 Awaiting decision
Market Hall, Peel Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 1ER
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/20/0182
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11/26/0352 Awaiting decision
Land adjacent to Charter Street,Accrington,BB5 0LF
Full Major Variation of Condition: Amend condition 2 (approved plans) and remove condition 10 (community hub parking management) attached to full planning permission number 11/20/0204 (as amended by non-material amendment number 11/25/0440)
Recent decisions
Data to September 2026
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11/26/0356 Awaiting decision
65 Balmoral Road, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6DB
Variation of Condition: 2 (approved plans) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/25/0315
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11/26/0296 Awaiting decision
20 Paddock Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3HJ
Certificate of Lawful Use Existing: Change of use from dwellinghouse to small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4)
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11/26/0294 Awaiting decision
8 Coppice Avenue, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6QS
Householder: Erection of two storey side and rear extension and rear dormer with hip-to-gable conversion
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11/26/0327 Awaiting decision
Land adjacent 2A Warmden Avenue, Baxenden, BB5 2PR
Works to TPO: To prune back overhanging tree branches from garage driveway and garden to approx. 2m as necessary
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11/26/0333 Awaiting decision
2 Garsden Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB1 2DZ
Householder: Erection of two storey rear extension at basement and ground floor level
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11/26/0136 Granted
2, Lower Aspen Cottage Lower Aspen Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 4NY
Householder: Erection of single storey detached garage
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11/26/0303 Granted
Raza Jamia Masjid Trust Mosque, 39 Lower Antley Street, Accrington, BB5 0BA
Discharge of Conditions: 13 (Landscaping Scheme) and 18 (Car Park Management Plan) pursuant to planning permission reference 11/23/0318
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11/26/0396 Awaiting decision
Hyndburn Wind Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, BB5 3RP
Non-material Amendment: Of planning permission reference 11/18/0115 to amend the description to "Minor material amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary conditions 2 and 10 of planning permission 11/15/0351 to allow an increase in tip height of the approved wind turbines (with associated increase of hub height)"
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11/26/0376 Awaiting decision
Land Parcel North, Charter Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0LH
Discharge of Condition: 22 (affordable housing) attached to full planning permission reference 11/25/0025
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11/26/0288 Granted
Land Parcel North,Charter Street,Accrington,Lancashire,BB5 0LH
Discharge of Condition 4 (Invasive Non-Native Species Protocol) pursuant to planning permission 11/25/0025
The full record
Decisions between 2021 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 426 decisions from Hyndburn between 2021 and 2026, part of 592 applications on record. Over that period 86% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 336 granted against 56 refused. The busiest single year was 2026, with 254 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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11/21/0448 Withdrawn
Unit 3E Bolton Avenue Huncoat Accrington BB5 6NJ
LCC Consultation: Full Planning Application for the Erection of a building for metal storage and processing (LCC/2021/0025)
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11/21/0273 Granted
St Bartholomew's Church Of England Primary School Ash Street Great Harwood Blackburn BB6 7QA
Full: Installation of 1.2m high paladin mesh security fencing above the existing 1.8m wall.
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11/21/0380 Granted
King George V Playing Fields Royds Avenue Accrington
Discharge of condition No 4 (Construction Method Statement) pursuant to 11/21/0216
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11/21/0389 Granted
The Cedar House Whalley Nab Farm Shawcliffe Lane Great Harwood BB7 9JL
non material amendment under s96A of the Town and Country Plan Act 1990 to condition 2 of 11/20/0411
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11/21/0386 Granted
8 Higher Antley Street, Accrington, BB5 0SN
Householder: Erection of kitchen extension to rear of property
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11/21/0259 Granted
3 Waltham Close Baxenden Accrington BB5 2TP
Householder: Erection of kitchen and sitting room extension and demolition of existing conservatory
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11/21/0420 Granted
21 Empress Street, Accrington, BB5 1SG
Householder Prior Approval: Erection of single storey rear extension
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11/21/0377 Granted
148 Dill Hall Lane Dill Hall Church BB5 4DS
Householder: Erection of single storey side extension
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11/21/0281 Withdrawn
55-59 Blackburn Road Accrington BB5 1JJ
Outline application: Convert the First and Second Floor from a nightclub to 8 No residential units.
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11/21/0432 Granted
Old Laund Farm, Off Manchester Road, Baxenden, Accrington, BB5 2DE
Works to Trees: Crown raise and thinning and removal of dead wood with Tree Preservation Order 1952 No. 7 Oak Hill/High Riley, Accrington
Decision speed
12 months to September 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 91 64%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 30 21%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 21 15%
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Common questions
How many planning applications does Hyndburn decide?
In the 12 months to September 2026, Hyndburn decided 142 planning applications. 82% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in Hyndburn?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 51 days over the 12 months to September 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many Hyndburn decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 142 decisions in the 12 months to September 2026 where both dates are published, 64% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 85% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has Hyndburn decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 426 decisions from Hyndburn between 2021 and 2026, out of 592 applications on record. Across that whole period 86% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in Hyndburn?
April 2026 was the busiest month across the 12 months to September 2026, with 43 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
Where can I see the full documents for an application?
Plans, drawings and officer reports stay on Hyndburn's own planning portal. Every application page here links straight to the source record.
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Hyndburn: 592 planning applications on record as of September 2026. Trailing 12 months: 142 decided, 82% approved, median 51 days to a decision. 268 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2021 and 2026: 426 in total, 86% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.