Bill Jacobs

A plan to turn a family house opposite some old people's bungalows into bedsit accommodation has been 'reluctantly' approved by councillors.

Great Harwood is to get a new job-creating coffee shop and drive-thru after it passed the planning test despite local anger.

Burnley's Full Council meeting has approved two controversial housing estates with 147 new homes after a long fierce debate.

It will increase the number of bedrooms from the original one to three

A dad from Burnley has called for weekly bin collections to return, claiming he has piles of dirty nappies in his kitchen and garden.

“The submitted information has not demonstrated that there is a clear local need or demand for the proposal and the application site is not within a district centre"

The starting gun has been fired on the multi-million-pound journey to redevelop Blackburn's 'magnificent' Imperial Mill as the jewel in the town's…

A PURPOSE-built Islamic funeral centre on a mosque car park will provide a much-needed boost to a suburban neighbourhood, councillors have been told.

A DARWEN householder has been granted planning permission for the extension of his garden into 'scrubland' at the back of his home.

A BLACKBURN school is to get a new fence to replace its current broken one.