Planning appeal decision
7 Bluebell Way, Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6TD
Planning appeal 3335566 at 7 Bluebell Way, Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 6TD (Hyndburn Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 December 2024 by Inspector Clowes M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on highway and pedestrian safety.
the change of use to form a household comprising of a resident Mother and Baby or two children, supported by up to 3 carers in line with use class C2 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended)
- Authority
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
- Postcode
- BB5 6TD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on highway and pedestrian safety
- the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with regard to vehicular activity
What decided it
The proposal would result in unacceptable impact on highway and pedestrian safety due to intensified on-street parking demand close to a junction, which could not be adequately mitigated by an unenforceable Travel and Parking Management Strategy condition.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM32Policy ENV7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Hyndburn
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed3 August 2026600799455-57 Simon House Blackburn Road, Accrington, BB5 4PF
- Allowed11 May 2026337402794 Fountain Street, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 0QP
- Allowed18 February 202660020457 Bluebell Way, Huncoat, Lancashire, BB5 6TD
- Allowed21 November 2025337295730 Bluebell Way, Huncoat, Accrington, BB5 6TD
- Allowed21 November 2025337295230 Epping Avenue, Accrington, BB5 5DR
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®