Action to tackle climate change ongoing
Published on Monday 10 March 2025 at 12:19 pm
The Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Filed under: Climate | climate change | Local Plan | Planning
Planning
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Local Plan adopted
Published on Friday 23 February 2024 at 4:53 pm
The borough’s Local Plan – which aims to deliver the homes, jobs, supporting infrastructure and community facilities the borough needs – has been formally adopted by the Council as the new Development Plan for the Borough.
Filed under: Development | Local Plan | Planning
Blackburn with Darwen planners out-perform improvement targets
Published on Wednesday 7 June 2023 at 4:01 pm
Speeds of processing planning applications in Blackburn with Darwen continue to improve, putting the Council top of all Lancashire authorities for major planning applications.
Filed under: performance | Planning | planning and highways committee
WATCH: New video helps explain the borough’s Local Plan
Published on Tuesday 26 January 2021 at 9:06 am
A video has been created to help bring to life the vision for how thousands of new homes and jobs could be created in Blackburn and Darwen over the next decade.
Filed under: Local Plan | Planning
Coronavirus impact: Planning applications
Published on Friday 17 April 2020 at 4:50 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is still running town planning and building control services during this time – but with some changes.
Filed under: coronavirus | Planning | planning and highways committee
Submission of New Local Plan to the Government
Published on Tuesday 29 July 2014 at 12:46 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has submitted its new Local Plan to the Government for examination.
A planning inspector will now examine the document over the few months with hearing sessions taking place in Autumn.
Filed under: Consultation | Growth and Development | Housing | Local Plan | Local Plan 2014 | Maureen Bateson | National Government | Planning