Awarded Green Flag For 2025-2026 Memorial Park and playing fields occupy a 5 and 4.6 Hectare site respectively to the north of Great Harwood on either side of Church Lane. Memorial Park itself lies to the northwest of Church Lane, whilst the playing field occupies a site bounded by Church Lane, Allsprings Drive and Brantfell Road. […]
Read more of Memorial ParkThe Government has introduced statutory Brownfield Registers via the Housing and Planning Act 2016, and The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017. The purpose of a Brownfield Register is twofold: 1.To provide developers with a simple means of identifying developable brownfield sites through a standardised national dataset, that will be kept up-to-date […]
Read more of Hyndburn Brownfield RegisterAwarded a Green Flag for 2025-2026 Lowerfold Park occupies a roughly triangular shaped site approx 2.3 hectares in the angle of Lowerfold Road and Cliffe Lane, close to Great Harwood town centre. For its size Lowerfold Park offers a good range of facilities catering for different age groups and interests. The park is situated on […]
Read more of Lowerfold ParkIn line with Government priorities to help boost the supply of housing, the Council is required to identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide a minimum of five years’ worth of housing against its housing requirement set out in strategic policies or against the Local Housing Need requirement (as […]
Read more of 5 Year Housing Land SupplyThe majority of planning applications are dealt with by planning officers under the Council’s Delegated Power arrangements; however, some applications are decided by a meeting of the Planning Committee. Applicants or their Agent will be informed by the planning officer if the application is going to be decided by the Planning Committee. To see if an application […]
Read more of Planning CommitteeIn addition to the usual constraints on development, wind turbine applications can become progressively harder to approve as they potentially interfere with Air Traffic Control radar (military or civilian) or other infrastructure. The approval of one turbine in a localised area or in direct line with another turbine or a radar facility, may affect the approval of another turbine in the same area. […]
Read more of Wind Turbine ApplicationsAwarded a Green Flag for 2025-2026 Cutwood Park occupies a 9 hectare, roughly square site in the angle of Blackburn Road and Cut Lane, Rishton, abutting Rishton Reservoir. The main entrance to Cutwood Park is at the corner of Blackburn Road and Cut Lane. There are two other entrances, one on Blackburn Road and the other […]
Read more of Cutwood ParkFlood risk is an issue that you need to consider if you are planning a new development, or even a change of use. Following the launch of the National Planning Policy Framework the Environment Agency (EA) has reviewed and updated the flood risk standing advice and modified the tools to do so. The new Flood Map for Planning […]
Read more of Flood Zones and SuDS in HyndburnHaworth Park surrounds the fabulous Haworth Art Gallery, the premier visitor attraction in the Borough, with its superb collection of tiffany glass. You can access the park from 3 locations including Manchester Road, the corner of Hollins Lane and Harcourt Road and higher up Hollins Lane, this entrance includes a car park. If you would like to get more involved […]
Read more of Haworth ParkSites which want to hold certain quantities of hazardous substances must obtain consent from the Hazardous Substances Authority (HSA), which in Hyndburn is Hyndburn Borough Council. HBC will consult with the Health and Safety Executive for their assessment of the risks and hazards, which is determined by the amount and nature of the substance(s). HSE […]
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